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Recycling

Recycling is about turning old materials into something useful again, instead of throwing them away. It helps save energy, protect habitats, and cut down on rubbish.

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Fascinating Fact:

Metals such as aluminium from drink cans can be recycled many times, saving a lot of energy compared with making new metal.

In KS2 Geography, pupils learn how recycling helps care for the environment. Recycling reduces rubbish going to landfill, saves energy and resources, and cuts pollution from making brand new materials.

Key Terms

Recycling: Turning used materials, such as cans or paper, into new products instead of throwing them away.
Landfill: A large site where rubbish is buried in the ground when it cannot be reused or recycled.
Resource: Something useful that we get from the Earth, such as metal, wood, water, or oil.

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Why is recycling important in KS2 geography?

Recycling is important because it saves natural resources, uses less energy than making new materials, and helps reduce pollution and rubbish in the environment.

What materials can be recycled at home?

At home, many areas allow you to recycle paper, cardboard, some plastics, metal cans, and glass bottles or jars. Local council guides explain exactly what can go in each bin.

How can children help improve recycling at school?

Children can help by using the correct bins, reusing paper when possible, reminding others to recycle, and joining eco groups or school councils that promote greener choices.

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1 .

Why should batteries not go to a landfill?

They could explode

They can leak chemicals

They could be recharged

They could be reused

Many types of batteries use poisonous chemicals like lead or mercury and these must be disposed of safely

2 .

Which materials are difficult to recycle?

Papers

Metals

Textiles

Plastics

Textiles can be reused

3 .

Where does our non-recycled rubbish go?

Into space

Landfill or incinerated

Into the sea

Recycling plant

Things in landfill sites or incinerators will never be used again

4 .

On average how much waste does a person in the UK throw away each year?

Own body weight

Ten times own body weight

Hundred times own body weight

Thousand times own body weight

Just think how much rubbish that would be in a whole lifetime!

5 .

Which recycle bin would you put a drinks can in?

Plastic

Glass

Paper

Aluminium

Aluminium is a type of metal we can recycle

6 .

How would you dispose of a book you no longer needed?

Throw it in the bin

Recycle it

Burn it

Give it to someone else to read

You might even give it to a charity shop

7 .

Which of these is a problem caused by throwing rubbish away?

We will eventually run out of raw materials

Lots of energy is needed to make items from raw materials

Waste pollutes rivers and other environments

All of these

There are lots of reasons why we should try to reduce the amount of rubbish we throw away

8 .

Which material needs separating into different colours before recycling?

Paper

Plastic

Steel

Glass

Glass is usually clear, green or brown

9 .

Which is NOT one of the 3 Rs?

Recycle

Remodel

Reuse

Reduce

We can reduce the amount of rubbish by reusing things or recycling them

10 .

Which of these is NOT an environmentally-friendly method of disposing of potato peelings?

Put in rubbish bin

Put on garden

Put in compost bin

Feed to pigs

Things in the rubbish bin go to landfill sites or incinerators

Author: Amanda Swift (Primary School Teacher & Educational Content Developer)

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