1. Why is it important to recycle the right items?
Answer: Because the wrong items can spoil recycling and cause problems for workers or machines.
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Recycling Plastic
These pages show what happens after plastic is used. They explain how to recycle the right way and how old bottles can be turned into something new.
Matching pages
Learn how plastic gets a new life
These pages focus on recycling plastic properly, cleaning and sorting it, and shaping it into bottles and other useful products again.
Recycle Right, Do It Right
Learn which items belong in the recycling bin and which ones should stay out.
How Recycled Plastic Becomes a Bottle
Watch recycled plastic get heated, stretched, and blown into a brand-new bottle.
Turning Bottles Into New Things
See bottles get sorted, shredded, melted, and turned into more useful products.
Recycle at School Now
Read a persuasive school recycling message about what students can recycle and why every small action matters.
Quick Quiz
2. What can old plastic bottles become after recycling?
Answer: New bottles, playground equipment, clothing fibres, bins, and other useful products.
3. What usually happens before old bottles are melted and shaped again?
Answer: They are sorted, cleaned, and often chopped into smaller pieces.