ARL - Exploring the ARL

Government and industry have the goal of having 100 per cent recyclable, re-usable or compostable packaging by 2025. But with hundreds of recycling labels out there, getting recycling right can be confusing – even recycling gurus get it wrong. The Australasian Recycling Label (ARL) is therefore designed to remove recycling confusion by explaining how we should dispose of and recycle different types of packaging. 

So how familiar are students with the label? What do each of the different directions mean? And is the ARL more trusted than other so-called recycling labels?

In this lesson students explore prior knowledge about recycling and the ARL, working together to research and collaboratively curate this information. Students then engage with a flipped classroom pedagogical approach, using what they have discovered to become the teachers and spread the word about the ARL through a quiz and teaching materials.