"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen." --John Wooden
The Lunchers were excited! Today they were visiting the Montgomery County Recycling Center. They are ready to learn how to recycle.
What can be recycled? The Lunchers learned that paper,cardboard, plastic, metal cans, and glass are recycled by Montgomery County. Yard waste can also be recycled and turned into mulch.
All number 1,2,3,4,5 and 7 plastics should be put into the blue bins.
What's doesn't go in? Number 6!
The Recycling Center has many machines. There are shakers and conveyor belts as well as strong magnets. Each machine has a special separating job to do.
One belt has holes this big!
Keep the tops on all bottles so the lids do not fall into those holes!
Yes or No? Should we recycle this?
There is free mulch for your yard, too!
Wear green ear plugs and climb the cat walk to check out all the "moving parts" as the materials get sorted and packed.
Unsorted materials arrive by truck and travel conveyor belts to sorting stations. No plastic bags allowed! (Take those back to the grocery store!)
After sorting, materials are separated by groups--plastic, glass or metal.
The plastics are sorted and baled.
Magnets snatch the steel cans right off the belts!
Aluminum cans are sorted and baled.
Front loaders stack all the paper and cardboard.
Recycling trucks deliver more and more materials. This is a busy place!
Even paper is baled!
All the machines are moving! They are noisy!
It is an amazing production!
Recycling is important. Many things we use can be saved and reused in different ways. Recycling helps us take care of our Planet Earth. We need to have clean air and water to live healthy lives--and so do all people. After seeing so many things being recycling, we decided we should also work on reducing how much and what we use. We can buy products that use less packaging. We can use both sides of our papers. Montessori celebrates Earth Day every day! What else can you do?
"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art anybody could ever want."
--Andy Warhol
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