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Recycle to Read - Battery Recycling Process Video

Discover how batteries can be recycled with Recycle to Read with this process video. Household batteries are collected, sorted, and processed using mechanical, heat, and chemical treatments to recover valuable metals that can be used to make new products.

  • Age groups: 4-7s, 7-11s, 11-14s, 14+
  • Subjects: Science
  • Topics: Waste, E-Waste

UK Curriculum Links

  • Science – Materials and their properties; changes of state; chemical processes; sustainability.
  • Geography – Resource use, global recycling systems.
  • Design & Technology – Material life cycles and recycling processes.
  • PSHE/Citizenship – Safety and responsibility in handling and recycling batteries.

International Curriculum Links

International Baccalaureate (IB):

  • PYP: Sharing the planet – resources, recycling.
  • MYP Sciences: Chemistry of materials, recycling processes, sustainability.\
  • MYP Individuals & Societies: Human-environment systems.
  • DP Environmental Systems & Societies (ESS): Solid waste management, recycling technologies.

Cambridge International Curriculum (CAIE):

  • Primary Science: Everyday materials, sustainability.
  • Lower Secondary Science: Chemical reactions, recycling.
  • IGCSE Chemistry (0620): Properties of metals, extraction methods, recycling.
  • IGCSE Environmental Management (0680): Waste management and pollution.
  • IGCSE Geography (0460): Resource management and sustainability.