Recycling

Question 1

Where are the costs involved in recycling?

Answer 1

Collecting waste material, transporting it, sorting it and processing it

Question 2

What would happen if you didn’t recycle aluminium?

Answer 2

You’d have to mine more aluminium ore - 4 tonnes for every 1 tonne of aluminium you need

Question 3

What’s wrong with mining for aluminium?

Answer 3

Makes a mess of landscape
Ore has to be transported and the aluminium extracted (electrolysis).
Cost of sending used aluminium to landfill.

Question 4

For every 1kg of aluminium cans you recycle, you save?

Answer 4

95% of energy (needed to mine and extract fresh aluminium)
4kg of aluminium ore
A lot of waste

Question 5

What is the most cost effective metal to recycle?

Answer 5

Aluminium

Question 6

Give four reasons why it’s important to recycle.

Answer 6

It uses less resources
It uses less energy
It uses less money
It makes less rubbish