The children brought their own bags of rubbish to recycle before watching them being weighed, sorted and packaged.

They also stood together on J & B’s weighbridge to calculate their combined weight as a class - a total of 840kg which is equivalent to 42,000 empty drinks cans.

J & B Recycling, which is based in Hartlepool, recycles more than 100,000 tonnes of waste each year.

Mr Chris Davis said: “The Year 4 pupils have spent this term learning about the rubbish we produce at home and what happens to it.
“It’s really helpful for the children to come to a busy recycling facility to see first-hand all of the processes that are involved. We are grateful to J & B Recycling for inviting us here.”

Victor Ross, J & B Recycling’s Transport and Logistics manager, added: “We enjoy having the school trips here because it helps to educate the children about what is involved in waste management and why recycling is important."