A Recycling Assembly

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“One man’s junk is another man’s treasure”

This is an assemblyabout waste and recycling

Fact or Fiction?

Pencil case Car tyres

Fact or Fiction?

Mobile phone Scrap metal

Fact or Fiction?

Golf bunker TVs

Fact or Fiction?

Lunchbox Plastic bottles

Fact or Fiction?

Fleece jumper Plastic bottles

Fact or Fiction?

Pencils CDs

Did you get many answers right?

What can be recycled?

What next..?

Did you know..?

How else might we reduce waste?

How we deal with waste

Think before you bin!

Did you know…?• Every year UK households throw away the equivalent of 3 ½ million

double-decker buses filled with rubbish – that’s 28 million tonnes. Source: Wastewatch

• About £140 million of used clothing goes to landfill in the UK every year.Source: WRAP

• Every year, each person throws away packaging waste weighing more than four times his or her luggage allowance on a jumbo jet.Source: Waste Online

• In 2011, we used eight billion carrier bags – that’s 254 bags a second.Source: Keep Britain Tidy