Question 8

Categorise the materials of the following products into ‘can be recycled’ and ‘cannot be recycled’:

Telephone instruments, plastic toys, cooker handles, carry bags, ball point pens, plastic bowls, plastic covering on electrical wires, plastic chairs, electrical switches.

Answer

 

Cannot be recycled

Can be recycled

  • Telephone instruments
  • Cooker handles
  • Electrical switches
  • Plastic toys
  • Plastic chains
  • Carry bags
  • Plastic covering of electrical wires
  • Ball point pens
  • Plastic bows

The things which are made up of thermoplastic can be broke down easily. So, the things can be recycled easily in comparison to the things which are made up of thermosetting plastic.

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