Ford Recycling Facility Visit
Sue Garlick
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Rights Respecting School Ambassadors
We went to Ford Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) on Wednesday 23rd January 2019
The safety precautions they take were incredible, everyone has to hold handrails on the stairs wherever they go, no food or drink may be consumed anywhere on site, and no photographs are to be taken.
We first saw a video explaining how the MRF works, and the fact that it works for 24 hours a day and processes paper, plastics, metals and glass.
One of the activities we took part in was to sort out some pre - prepared articles into containers which looked like rubbish, but by having more knowledge we discovered was in fact either recyclable, reusable, or reduceable with only a tiny amount going to landfill.
So now working with the Green Team at school we are really keen to reduce the amount of landfill we produce and increase the amount we recycle. We think this is going to be a very exciting time for our school and changing the way we look at our rubbish.
We have really had our eyes opened to think differently about how we can recycle at home and at school and would like to say a massive thank you to the team at the MRF for their time.