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Recycle to Read Battery Fact Sheet

This fact sheet provides teachers with key background information on the environmental, safety, and health risks of battery waste, alongside the benefits and processes of recycling.

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

UK Curriculum Links

  • Science – Properties of materials; environmental impacts; energy and resources.
  • Geography – Resource extraction, sustainability, and waste management.
  • Citizenship/PSHE – Safety, responsibility, and sustainability.
  • Design & Technology – Material life cycles; product end-of-life considerations.

International Curriculum Links

International Baccalaureate (IB):

  • MYP Sciences: Human impact on the environment, chemistry of materials, waste.
  • MYP Individuals & Societies: Sustainability and global resource issues.
  • DP ESS: Waste management, pollution, resource use, and recycling technologies.

Cambridge International Curriculum (CAIE):

  • Lower Secondary Science: Materials, human impact, recycling.
  • IGCSE Environmental Management (0680): Resource use, pollution, waste management.
  • IGCSE Geography (0460): Sustainable strategies and waste management.