Recycling
14/10/2024
Do now:
1) What is produced from incomplete combustion?
2) What 3 greenhouses gases do you know of?
3) What salt is produced from sodium carbonate and
sulphuric acid?
4) What is the problem with sulfur dioxide being produced
from sulfur impurities?
5) What is the issue with carbon dioxide being produced as a
result of burning fossil fuels?
Recycling
9/10/2024
Do now:
1) Carbon monoxide, carbon soot particles and water
2) Carbon dioxide, methane and water
3) Sodium sulphate
4) Acid rain
5) Green house gas global warming
MWBs
• Name the salt produced from
• Hydrochloric acid and magnesium carbonate
• Nitric acid and calcium carbonate
• Sulphuric acid and sodium carbonate
• Nitric acid and magnesium carbonate
Recycling Materials
Starter A: What does Starter B: Discuss
the term recycling what the graph above
mean? shows.
What does Recycling mean?
Recycling is where waste material is processed
and converted into something new.
This is good because:
It conserves raw material resources.
It may save fuel and reduce energy costs.
Waste is not burned or placed in landfill sites.
Recycling Materials 20/01/2025
Explain why there are
barriers to the recycling of
certain materials.
Describe the specific advantages
of recycling different materials.
Recall the meaning of “recycling” and
describe how different materials are recycled.
Exemplar metals.
• Humans have been using and recycling metals for
millennia.
• Metals are essential to our civilisation.
• They are almost as important to your Chemistry
GCSE, so let’s use them as an example.
• Don’t take notes yet, I’ll give you tables to
summarise this information in 5 minutes.
Back in the present day.
• Lead and copper are often targeted by thieves.
• Neither is a precious metal.
• So why are they being stolen?
• Think: what determines the value of an
object?
Why recycle metals?
• Metal ores are non-renewable resources.
• Our finite supply increases the demand for
recycling.
• Also, the energy costs of recycling are often
lower than the energy costs of extracting new
Why not throw metals away?
• What happens to metal if it is not recycled?
Landfill is not
a pretty
sight.
• Metals are not truly biodegradable – they do
not rot.
• They may corrode but this could take centuries.
• In the meantime they can toxify soil and water.
Who recycles metals? Recycling firms
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are an important
part of the
chemical
industry.
Pick out some key
steps in recycling
iron from fridges.
Can you spot any
issues that
complicate this
process?
Transport,
separation and
sorting increases
time and costs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx0aMFa01cM
To summarise.
• Complete the first row using
two key points for each
column.
• Be concise; use scientific
terms. Any
problems
Materia How is it Advantages
when
l recycled? of Recycling
recycling
this?
• Metals collected • Conserves ores • Costs of
Metals and sorted. (non- transport &
(or give • Iron and steel renewable). collection.
a named separated from • Prevents metal • Time/cost
example other metals. going to to separate
) • Metals melted landfill. and sort
To summarise.
• Complete the first row using
two key points for each
column.
• Be concise; use scientific Any
problems
terms.
Materia How is it Advantages
when
l recycled? of Recycling
recycling
this?
• Metals collected • Conserves ores • Costs of
Metals and sorted. (non- transport &
(or give • Iron and steel renewable). collection.
a named separated from • Prevents metal • Time/cost
example other metals. going to to separate
) • Metals melted landfill. and sort
and re-formed. • Lower energy materials.
cost than
Recycling other materials.
Use the resources available to summarise
recycling of glass, paper, polymers and concrete.
Use metals as a template; keep it brief and
specific.
Extension. Challenge.
Create a mind-map to Evaluate recycling
show how a mobile concrete compared with
phone (including its making it from raw
packaging and materials. What are the
accessories) can be potential energy costs?
recycled. Which is better?
Recycling Materials 20/01/2025
Explain why there are
barriers to the recycling of
certain materials.
Describe the specific advantages
of recycling different materials.
Recall the meaning of “recycling” and
describe how different materials are recycled.
Recycling priorities.
Imagine that the government is prepared to
invest one billion pounds in the recycling
industry for just one type of material.
Discuss this in your groups and see if you can
reach agreement on which material should be
prioritised.
If you disagree with your group-mates, explain
why.
Info slides to print out and give to groups or
display around room (probably need 3-4 sets
giving 15-20 sheets in total)
OR
pupils can use the Year 9 Exploring Science
textbooks, PCs or iPads.
Any problems
Advantages of
Material How is it recycled? when recycling
Recycling
this?
Plenary
1. What are the products of incomplete combustion?
2. Which two gases lead to acid rain?
3. What are the 3 greenhouse gases?
4. What is one problem with global warming?
