How can we recycle our plastic?

1. Plastic recycling is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastic and reprocessing the material into useful products.

2. The things that can be recycled:

-paper: office paper, magazines, newspapers and junk mail

-cardboard

-green, clear and brown glass bottles and jars

-juice and milk cartons

-all plastic bottles and containers marked, but no lids please

-steel(tin)and aluminium cans and empty aerosols

3. The things that cannot be recycled:

-plastic bags or recyclables inside plastic bags

-takeaway coffee cups

-disposable nappies

-garden waste

-polystyrene(foam)

-bubble wrap

-syringes or medical waste

-dead animals

-oils

-ceramics, ovenware or light bulbs

4. We should recycle because recycling produces the need for extracting, refining and processing raw materials all of which air and water pollution.

5. What recycled plastic can be made into:

- t-shirts

-sweaters

-fleece jackets

-insulation for jackets and sleeping bags

-carpeting and more bottles

6. Only 9% of plastic is currently recycled globally!