Assembly on Recycling in advance of Trash Week 2009

On Wednesday 10th June we had a special assembly on the topic of recycling, in preparation for Trash Week 2009 which is taking place in the last week of the summer term. 

The assembly was given by Mr. Rob Luck, Amenities and Recycling Officer for Tandridge Council. His presentation was both interesting and fun and it made everybody think about what happens to the rubbish that we throw away. At present, much of it gets buried in holes called 'landfill sites', but these holes will eventually fill up, and landfill sites can cause pollution problems.

              

The solution is to try to re-use items instead of throwing them away, and if we cannot re-use them then we should try to recycle them so that they can get turned into something new and useful. He brought along some special recycled pencils which had been made from plastic cups - each pencil is made from one recycled plastic cup - amazing!

Each student in school is now equipped with a pencil that used to be a plastic cup - please do not try to drink out of your pencil!

Mr. Luck showed us how plastic drinks bottles, glass and metals are recycled in our local area, and did an experiment to show how it is important to take the lids off of plastic bottles before recycling them, as this allows them to be crushed flat which takes up less space.

Our thanks go to Mr. Luck for providing a very thought provoking assembly, and to Mrs. Greig for organising it.

Report by Mr. Hart