Rochdale Council Recycling Lesson

Lesson: Preparation for Adulthood

Class: Year 5H Year: 2025 - 2026

This week, Year 5 had a special visitor, Nigel Goulding, Environmental Education Officer at Rochdale Borough Council. Nigel told us so much information, from what items go in each coloured bin, to what actually happens to our recycled waste to create something new! We looked into how we can reduce the amount of waste we create; reuse items that can be repurposed; recycle ones that cannot and recover energy from our General Waste by burning it and harvesting electricty from the heat. We are now enviroment champions and we will be taking all our learning home so we are doing our best always for our environment.