One Minute…………

7150

about

660years

In 2006–07

43,777,000

tonnes of waste were generated in Australia.

The amount of waste generated grew by

31 % between 2002–03 and 2006–07.

Plastic bottles are rigid plastic.

Plastic bags are flexible plastic.

Step 1: Bring in your plastic bags and flexible plastic packaging.

Step 2:Drop them in theRED Collection Bin

Step 3:RED picks up the plastic bags and takes them to our RED Centre.

Step 4:Then the bags are fed into a shredding machine where they are munched up into small bits.

Step 5:The plastic is then heated to a very high temperature and poured into moulds to make shapes.

Step 6:When the plastic cools, it becomes hard and it can be used to build furniture like benches and tables for your school!

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