• Plastics and Recycling

• Location: Lifelab
• Duration: 1 hour
• Availability: On demand
• Age Ranges(s): KS3, Upper KS2
• Minimum Number: 12
• Maximum Number: 30

Students discover that plastic covers a whole range of polymers with a wide range of useful properties. They learn how they can be used and how some can be recycled. In this workshop, students will recycle milk bottles to make giant paper clips by injection moulding and make their very own key ring from recycled plastic board.

• Plastics_and_Recycling_Risk_Assessment.pdf