{"id":16912,"date":"2024-11-28T17:42:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T17:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education-today.co.uk\/?p=16912"},"modified":"2024-11-28T17:42:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T17:42:14","slug":"wrexham-school-pupils-win-tour-of-ao-recycling-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education-today.co.uk\/wrexham-school-pupils-win-tour-of-ao-recycling-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrexham school pupils win tour of AO recycling plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

A secondary school in North Wales won a \u2018money can\u2019t buy\u2019 trip to one of the biggest fridge recycling plants in Europe, hosted by a children\u2019s TV presenter.<\/span><\/p>\n

AO, the UK\u2019s most trusted electrical retailer, ran a competition to give one lucky class the chance to get a behind-the-scenes tour of the state-of-the-art facility, in Telford, led by CBBC host and sustainability influencer James Stewart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ysgol Bryn Alyn, in Wrexham, won the prize and took a group of 15 pupils, aged between 11 and 13.<\/span><\/p>\n

As well as meeting AO\u2019s huge fridge crushing machine Bertha, which weighs 80 tonnes and can \u2018eat\u2019 up to 100 fridges per hour, the class were also shown science experiments with Lego and learned about how AO processes around 200 tonnes of fridge plastic each week, which goes on to make new products such as bathroom and kitchen fans.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the trip, James Stewart challenged the children to \u2018be a TV presenter for the day\u2019 by filming their visit, on smart phones provided by AO, and editing the footage into short videos, which have since been shared on AO\u2019s social media channels.<\/span><\/p>\n

Richard Holden, science teacher at Ysgol Bryn Alyn, said: \u201cI can\u2019t thank AO enough for choosing our school to win their competition.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a really insightful day and James Stewart was great with the kids, giving them the confidence to be mini TV presenters and letting them shine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

James Stewart added: \u201cI was absolutely blown away when I first visited AO\u2019s fridge recycling plant so it\u2019s been brilliant to experience it through the eyes of children this time around. I think a few of them have bright futures as TV presenters and sustainability influencers!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rob Sant, AO\u2019s group recycling director, came up with the idea for the competition after learning that more than a third of Brits rely on their kids to remind them to recycle. A survey of more than 2,000 British adults, commissioned by AO, found that around 39% of British adults need some help from their children when it comes to recycling.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to see kids leading the charge when it comes to recycling, so it was a pleasure to welcome a school class to AO Recycling for the first time ever,\u201d said Rob. \u201cIt was brilliant to see how engaged they were throughout the day and the videos that they\u2019ve put together in such a short space of time are really impressive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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