This How Long Until It's Gone? Whole School Assembly PPT is perfect for Recycling Week or any other time you want to raise awareness of recycling. It clearly informs children of how much plastic/metal/food is wasted, how long these items take to fully degrade/decompose, the process behind them degrading/decomposing (in basic terms), what the impact is of these products been thrown away, where they might end up (for example as litter on streets and in rivers etc) and what we can do to prevent this (recycle, reuse etc). Suitable for whole school or class assemblies, the images included will help to engage the children and the practical advice should stick in the their memories.

You could use this assembly at the start of the school year, in October to link it to Recycling Week or as a reminder at the start of every term. Get downloading!