Plastic recycling is important for protecting the environment, conserving resources, and saving energy. When plastics are recycled, it reduces pollution from extracting and processing raw materials. It also helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. Recycling conserved materials and protects natural habitats. Using recycled materials requires less energy than producing new plastic from raw resources. Recycling also helps reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills, which protects the environment.

1. Plastic Recycling

2. Why is recyling plastic
important?
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Important in today’s world if we want to leave this
planet for our future generations
It is good for the environment, since we are making
new products from the old products which are of
no use to us
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Saves energy
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Reduces Co2 emissions
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Plastic takes thousands of years to biodegrade
Landfills

3. We should recycle...
To Help Protect The Environment
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Recycling reduces the need for extracting (mining, quarrying and logging),
refining and processing raw materials all of which create air and water
pollution.
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As recycling saves energy it also reduces greenhouse gas emissions, which
helps to tackle climate change.

4. To Conserve Resources
When we recycle, used materials are converted into new products, reducing the
need to consume natural resources. If used materials are not recycled, new
products are made by extracting fresh, raw material from the Earth, through
mining and forestry.
Recycling helps conserve important raw materials and protects natural habitats
for the future.

5. To Save Energy
Using recycled materials in the manufacturing process uses considerably
less energy than that required for producing new products from raw
materials – even when comparing all associated costs including transport
etc.
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Plus there are extra energy savings because more energy is required to
extract, refine, transport and process raw materials ready for industry
compared with providing industry­ready materials.

6. To Reduce Landfills
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When we recycle, recyclable materials are reprocessed into new products,
and as a result the amount of rubbish sent to landfill sites reduces.

7. The 3 R's
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!

8. Where can you recycle
plastic?
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At Home – by reusing containers instead of
throwing them away
Or go to the recycling bank

9. Plastic Recycling campaigns
in Ireland
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Repak ­ In 2003, Repak funded the recovery and
recycling of circa 24,000 tonnes of plastic
packaging, which was in the region of 11% of all
plastic placed on the market.

10. Vocabulary
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Bottle
Containers
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Biodegradable
Environment
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Pollution
Clean
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Reduce
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Global warming
Planet
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Plastic
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Reuse