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Signing in now will connect your and Teachers' Domain accounts, so that in the future you will automatically be signed into Teachers' Domain when you come from . Visiting a Recycling Plant Resource for Grades K-8 | Citation Media Type: Video Running Time: 4m 02s Size: 12.1 MB View SAVE TO FOLDER Loading... Save Cancel Share | Source: ZOOM Resource Produced by: Collection Developed by: Collection Credits Collection Funded by: Related Resources: Making Recycled Paper (Video)   See Also: National K -12 Subject: Earth Components Natural Resources Society's Impact on the Environment Lesson Plans Using this Resource: Recycling and Composting About half of the paper we use in our daily lives has been recycled. The process begins when paper is picked up from a recycling bin and taken to a sorting facility, where items are separated and baled. The materials are then taken away to a facility where they are cleaned, possibly de-inked, shredded, and blended with other similar material, such as paper board, office paper, or newspaper. The batched material is then converted into a new end product. In this video segment from ZOOM, a cast member visits a material recovery center to watch this process unfold. Accessibility Features: Caption Background Essay Many of Earth's natural resources, including fossil fuels and minerals, are nonrenewable and cannot readily be replaced. Fossil fuels, for example, form over periods of millions of years -- much more slowly than the rate at which humans consume them. Other resources, such as forests, are considered renewable resources; provided they are managed properly and not over-harvested, new forests can grow in a relatively short amount of time. Recycling is perhaps the most well-known and successful part of the popular three-pronged resource conservation strategy known as the 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. During recycling, materials that would otherwise become waste are made into useful new objects, thus lessening the demand for nonrenewable resources. For example, recycled plastic soda bottles can be made into warm, comfortable fleece jackets, and crushed glass and ground-up tires can replace some of the gravel and sand used for surfacing roads. In nearly all cases, producing goods from recycled materials requires significantly less energy than creating new goods from scratch. Unlike glass bottles and aluminum cans, which can be recycled over and over again, paper can be recycled only a limited number of times. Each time it is recycled, more and more of the fibers are broken down, which degrades the quality of the paper. Examples of lower-grade recycled paper products are toilet paper, paper towels, and newspaper. In the U.S., community recycling programs, which include curbside pickup, drop-off centers, and bottle and can redemption machines, divert tens of millions of tons of solid waste each year from landfills and incinerators. Still, there is ample room for improvement: less than one third of the solid waste generated by individuals, businesses, and government agencies is recycled. By choosing to buy recycled products, however, people create an economic incentive for recyclable materials to continue to be collected, manufactured, and marketed as new products. Thus, buying recycled products has both economic and environmental benefits. Print Background Essay Discussion Questions What else in addition to trees may be saved by recycling paper? What other products can you think of that can and should be recycled? What natural resources would be affected by recycling these other products? Does your community recycle? If so, what is collected for recycling? 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