Unit 9: Waste Not,
Want Not
Plastics and
recycling bingo
activity guide and
worksheets
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Unit 9: Waste Not, Want Not
Plastics and recycling bingo activity guide and worksheets
Estimated duration: 30 minutes
Aim
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To identify different types of plastics and their recycling labels
To determine which plastics can be recycled in the local area
Outcome
By the end of this class, students will be able to:
 Identify the types of plastics that can be recycled in the area
Resources
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Handout: Clean Up Australia Plastics available by download from
www.cleanup.org.au/PDF/au/cua_plastic_recycling_fact_sheet.pdf
Worksheet: Plastics
Worksheet: Recycling bingo
Information on which plastics are collected for recycling in your area
(available from www.RecyclingNearYou.com.au or you local council)
Collection of at least 15 items made of different types of plastic
Activity Description
1. Distribute the plastics worksheet and the Clean Up Australia handout.
2. Students read the handout and answer the questions on the worksheet. You
will need to have current information about what plastics are recyclable in
your area. This information can be found at www.RecyclingNearYou.com.au
or from the local council. For many years only plastics 1 and 2 were collected.
A significant number of municipalities have extended that to all seven plastic
types.
3. Play a game of “Recycling Bingo”. Divide students into teams of 2 or 3. Give
each group a copy of recycling bingo worksheet (note that there are five
different versions of the worksheet, each with a different bingo card).
Randomly select one of the 15 plastic items. Students must work out which
plastic number it is, cross off this number on the bingo card, and write below
the number what the example was (e.g. yoghurt container). They can only
use each item once (e.g. if they they three number sixes on their bingo card,
they can only cross off one for the yoghurt container and must wait for other
items to cross off the rest). When they have crossed off a whole row or a
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whole column they call bingo. You may want to play the game a number of
times – get students to write on the same bingo card again in a different
colour.
Student Roles and Responsibilities
Participate in agreed tasks
Contribute to class discussions
Complete activities and worksheets
Work cooperatively with others
Participate in survey and collect data
Write or present a report
Identify other sources of information
Seek teacher assistance and support when needed
Level of Teacher Support
Facilitate discussion
Organise materials and equipment
Present slideshow
Provide encouragement
Introduce tasks and activities
Provide assistance when requested
Provide advice on how to conduct a survey.
Assessment
To use these learning activities as assessment tasks, collect evidence such as:
Teacher checklist and observation
Copies of student materials and worksheets
Student notes
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Unit 9: Waste Not, Want Not
Plastics worksheet
Read the Clean Up Australia Fact Sheet on plastics. Match the
words below with the symbols and indicate whether the plastics are
recyclable in your area or not.
Symbol
Chemical
Recyclable in
your area
(Yes or No)
Example
Polyethylene
Terephthalate (PET)
Polypropylene (PP)
Polystyrene (PS)
Low Density
Polyethylene (LDPE)
High Density
Polyethylene (HDPE)
Polyvinyl chloride
(PVC) or Vinyl (V)
Other
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Unit 9: Waste Not, Want Not
Plastics and recycling bingo worksheet (version 1)
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Unit 9: Waste Not, Want Not
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Unit 9: Waste Not, Want Not
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Unit 9: Waste Not, Want Not
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Unit 9: Waste Not, Want Not
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