♻️ Circularity School — Kids Edition · Ages 4–12

♻️ Circular World — Kids Edition

Learn about recycling, the Earth, and why your bottle becomes something new. Words. Pictures. Real stuff. Starting from Smethwick, B66.

♻️ Words to Know
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♻ REDUCE — Use Less
When we use less, we make less rubbish. Less rubbish = cleaner Earth.
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Less
Using less of something means less waste. Turn off the light when you leave a room.
♻️ REDUCE
From our system: every tonne not wasted saves energy and money.
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Save
Save water. Save food. Save plastic. When we save things, they don't become waste.
♻️ REDUCE
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Share
If we share one thing, we don't need two. Less things made = less waste.
♻️ REDUCE
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Turn Off
Turn off the tap. Turn off the light. Small things add up to a big clean world.
♻️ REDUCE
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🔄 REUSE — Use Again
Something you use again isn't waste. Use it once, then use it again.
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Refill
Fill your bottle again. Don't throw it away. The same bottle can be filled hundreds of times.
🔄 REUSE
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Bag
A cloth bag can go shopping 500 times. A plastic bag gets thrown away once. Which one wins?
🔄 REUSE
From our system: Midland Polymer Trading collects bags and gives them new life.
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Again
Can you use it again? If yes — don't throw it away. Use it again first.
🔄 REUSE
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Bottle
A plastic bottle doesn't have to be rubbish. Refill it. Or recycle it so it becomes something new.
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♻️ RECYCLE — Make It New
When we recycle, old things become new things. Nothing wasted. Everything goes somewhere.
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Bin
The right bin is important. Plastic in the plastic bin. Paper in the paper bin. Getting it right helps the recyclers.
♻️ RECYCLE
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Plastic
Plastic can become new plastic. One tonne of plastic is worth £450. That's not rubbish — that's value!
♻️ RECYCLE
From our system: 1 tonne plastic = 1 dPRN = £450 sovereign floor value.
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Paper
Paper comes from trees. Recycling paper saves trees. It takes 24 trees to make 1 tonne of paper.
♻️ RECYCLE
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Glass
Glass can be recycled forever. The same glass, over and over, never wears out. It's the perfect circular material.
♻️ RECYCLE
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Compost
Food scraps can go into compost. Compost feeds the soil. Soil grows food. The circle is complete.
♻️ RECYCLE
From our food web: scraps → compost → soil → food → back to us.
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Sorting
Sorting means putting things in the right place. Plastic with plastic. Paper with paper. Sorting is the first step.
♻️ RECYCLE
From our system: Midland Polymer Trading sorts plastics by type every day in B66.
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🌍 WHY IT MATTERS
Words that explain why recycling changes the world.
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Earth
One Earth. We all live here. When we recycle, we look after it for Isaac, for Maya, for every child growing up.
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Future
The future belongs to children. What we do now decides what the future looks like for them.
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Clean
A clean planet means clean air, clean water, clean food. Recycling keeps the world clean.
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Together
No one can do it alone. When everyone recycles together, the effect is enormous. Together is how it works.
🌍 WHY
From our system: Genesis Pool — when we collect together, everyone wins.
🧴 What Happens to a Plastic Bottle?

Follow a bottle through the circular system — this is what happens when you put it in the right bin.

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You use it
Drink your water
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Right bin
Plastic bin
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Collected
Kerbside pickup
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B66 Smethwick
Sorted by type
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Recycled
Melted down
New thing!
Bottle again. Or bench. Or fleece.
From our system: Midland Polymer Trading Ltd sorts plastic in B66, Smethwick every day. When plastic reaches 1,000kg (one tonne), it earns a dPRN — a digital recycling note worth £450. That's not rubbish. That's value. That's a circular economy working.
🧴 Types of Plastic — Learn the Symbols
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Every plastic has a number. The number tells us what it is and how to recycle it.
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PET Plastic
♻ TYPE 1
Water bottles, fizzy drink bottles. The most recycled plastic in the world.
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HDPE Plastic
♻ TYPE 2
Milk bottles, shampoo bottles, cleaning bottles. Strong and easy to recycle.
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PP Plastic
♻ TYPE 5
Food tubs, lunchboxes, bottle caps. Often coloured. Recyclable in many places.
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LDPE Plastic
♻ TYPE 4
Carrier bags, cling film. Take bags back to supermarkets to recycle.
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PS Plastic
♻ TYPE 6
Foam cups, egg boxes. Harder to recycle — try to use less of this one.
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Other
♻ TYPE 7
Mixed plastics. Check the label. When in doubt, ask an adult.
🍽️ Plastic Becomes Food — How?

This is one of the most important things in our whole system.

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1,000 plastic bottles
(1 tonne)
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Recycled at B66
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Worth £450
to the system
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Funds 40 meals
for real people

1 tonne of plastic = 40 hot meals delivered to people in Sandwell and the West Midlands who need them. Recycling doesn't just save the planet. It feeds people.

🏭 Where This Happens — B66 Smethwick

This isn't just theory. Midland Polymer Trading Ltd operates in B66, Smethwick — right here in the West Midlands. Real plastic is sorted, verified and recycled every day. The circular economy isn't something that happens somewhere else. It happens here.

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B66 Smethwick
Where the sorting happens
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Plastic Sorted Daily
By type, by tonne
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40 Meals Per Tonne
Real meals. Real people.
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The Learning Garden
Where kids learn it all
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Earn Your Recycler Badge

Tap 5 word cards to learn them. When you've tapped 5, you earn the Recycler Badge. Keep going for the Earth Guardian badge at 12 words.

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