The Recycling Centre by Faith

This is a conveyer belt

On Tuesday the 30^th of August 2011, Room 4, 5, parents and staff went to the Recycling Centre. My car group was Charlotte, Michael, Ryan Dale, Brigette and I.

The Recycling Centre was fun but smelly. The reason for our visit was to know what to put in the right bin and to stop littering.

 Something I learnt was that pizza and burger boxes go in the green bin(compost). In the yellow recycle bin you can put old books paper and clean plastic containers.   In the red rubbish bin you have to put plastic bags and other stuff that can’t be recycled.

 First we went to the Recycling Centre and it was AWESOME! We saw paper flying round like seagulls at the beach. We also saw big machines called conveyer belts and they were giant sized. We took photos and saw all the different things you can put in the yellow bin.

 Then we drove to the compost area and it smelt so bad, but we got used to it.

Before we got shown around, Briony Woodnorth from the (TDC) talked to us. She said compost is great for your garden. She told us about the strange things they have found in the green bin. Once they even found a lawn mower in the compost pile.

 After that we started to walk around and she showed us the compost piles. Some were covered and some weren’t. In the compost piles and on the ground were plastic, plastic toys (which shouldn’t be there) and food.

While we were walking we stopped at a big machine that pulls the covers over the big and long piles of compost. The reason why they put the covers over them is because the compost needs to be at the right temperature. After that, we walked over to a metal vent on the ground that blew really cold air up. After that we had some questions. Brigette drove us back to school and we went home.

The Recycling Centre was fun, because I love knowing how to look after the earth.  

By Faith.