"1. I learned you need to wear a helmet, a vest and a pair of glasses. (She means safety goggles; this is for our protection as we toured a little bit of the facility.) 2. We also learned how they recycle. They just drop it. ( The truck dumps the materials, then a machine put them (i.e card board) up on the conveyor belt to where people sort it by hand.) 3. Then we learned how to make paper. First, we get scraps, then we grind, last we blend. (She is talking about how to make pulp. First get scraps of paper, add water and put into a blender to get pulp. With the pulp, you can drain and press to make paper.) "
Prime says he learned "you can recycle containers, and paper, cans, and water bottle."
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Prime could not go on the tour but he got to wear a hard hat, safety vest and goggle. :)+002.jpg)
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Prime is pressing on the pulp with a sponge to make paper... there it is... waiting to be dried.
Share a few things I learned...
1. Paper can be recycled only 10-13 times due to the wearing down of the fiber in the paper each time it is recycled.
2. 1 ton (2000lb) of soda can are sold for $1,200 vs. 1 ton of glass is sold for only $1.
3. Different cities have different policies. My city recycles #1 -5 inside the recycle sign. Other city recycle only #1-2 and yet others will recycle #1-7. The #s denotes different chemical components and are usually on the bottom of the container.
On a totally separate note, anyone know what kind of plant is this? Apple? Cherry? We planted apple and cherry pit in separate containers last summer but nothing came up and I thought it died but now this. Of course, this could be something entirely different. If you have an idea what this might be, I would love to know.
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2 comments:
It sounds like an interesting field trip. The kids learned about safety and how much work and energy go into recycling. Most people are not aware that some recycling will actually use more resources than they save. It's just difference resources. Most recycling centers only recycle a few items. In my city, most of the items that we put in the recycle bin are actually thrown away in the land fill. It's an illusion that we are recycling all that go to the recycle bins.
sounds like a cool trip where do you find all the fun places you visit, you guys do the coolest stuff.
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