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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.

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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.

Quick Quiz

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.

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.