Which of these are electrical products?

All of them, and they can all be recycled!

How are they made?

Disposing

Using

Making

Extracting materials

Transporting

3) Fuel is used to transport products to

shops

2) Factories use energy and materials

to make products

1) Materials are extracted

from the earth, which are finite

resources.

When you are finished with it, you can either pass it on to someone

else or dispose of it

Throwing it in the bin means its materials get wasted

5) By recycling products, its

materials can be recovered to make

new products!

4) Once bought from shops, your

product is ready to use

How do I recycle these?

Recycling Banks & CentresYou can take old electricals to your local recycling bank or recycling centre.

Find out where your nearest ones here: http://www.recyclenow.com/recycling-locator

Local CouncilSome local councils offer a household recycling collection for electricals – check if yours does!

ShopsSome shops such as supermarkets, collect batteries for recycling.

Does it have this symbol on it?

Then it should be recycled separately and not be thrown in a rubbish bin!

Check your tablets for this wheelie-bin symbol!

Your activity!

Use Book Creator or Comic Strip It and design your own story of how an electrical product is made!

You should use any classroom resources available for your

activity, and go through the stages of:

1) Extracting

2) Making

3) Transporting

4) Using

and 5) Recycling

Think about what resources are used at each stage, and how the recycling stage can help feed these back into the making stage to save

resources.

How are electrical products recycled? Check out these videos!

Recycle Now - http://www.recyclenow.com/facts-figures/how-it-recycled/electricalsERP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn2CFbdQdgc