Activity #3: Field Trip (3 hours) or Materials Recovery Facility Representative Visit (45 min)
Take a field trip to collection facility for a
tour and to Materials Recycling Facility for a tour or arrange for a Representative from the
Material Recycle Facility to speak about how they run their operation.
Children write the answers on the Recycling
Research Guide:
- What are the benefits the facility provides to the community?
- What are common problems this facility encounters?
- Do people have to pay for trash and recycling? How much?
- How is recycling handled at the recycling plant?
- What recyclable materials are accepted?
- Do people have to pay for trash and recycling?
- Charge for recycling?
- Charge for trash?
How is recycling handled at the recycling plant?
What recyclable materials are accepted?
What do people think is recycling but is not and has to be put into a landfill?
What mistakes can we avoid making so that all of our recycling can in fact be recycled?
What happens to the materials when it leaves the collection site?
Does this facility sell the materials or have to pay for them to go onto the next step for recycling?
- What do people think is recycling but is not and has to be put into a landfill?
- What mistakes can we avoid making so that all of our recycling can in fact be recycled?
- What happens to the materials when it leaves the collection site?
- Does the facility sell the materials or have to pay for it to go onto the next step for recycling?
- Are there any other private pick up or drop off choices in our community and are they free or paid services?
