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Recycling - what's the best way to sort waste?
A young girl sorting her recycling at home is compared with the recycling process at one of the most technologically advanced recycling plants in Europe. The film looks at how machines are used to separate the small from the large containers. A large magnet separates the metal containers from the glass and a crushing machine splits the plastic from the glass.
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