Recycling Centre Visit

 First we went to the compost facility. Frankly, it smelled a little bad, but a dog named Compost greeted us at the normal entrance and was very sweet. Afterwards, we went in and the lady on duty there was going to tell us.First, he talked about what was in the compost. Fruits and vegetables that had fallen to the ground at the end of the market and some of them rotted were collected in the composts, and the brown things were placed in them.Things like sawdust, grass and grass were added. This mixture is then left under the sun until it rots and the microorganisms in it die. Making compost during the winter months takes approximately 2 hours._It took 3 months. Afterwards, it passes through a large sieve because it contains many small and large particles. Then our compost is placed in average packages and placed in flower gardens or The composts are sent to farmers and can wait for years because the microorganisms in them die, meaning no rotting occurs in the composts. Also stray animals Food is produced there. In the production of this food, you buy chicken etc. products that are close to expiry date from the markets, keep them at high temperatures, make them dry and put them in bags. It was vacuum packed. Then get out of here We went to the recycling facility. There was a lot of styrofoam, paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, electronics and old tires there. The cardboards were compressed with the press machine there, the old tires were crushed into granules.It was made into a machine and used in parks etc. There were pallets there. These were sent to furniture stores or places like that. Afterwards, we left there and went back to our school. The officer there  The sisters were very kind, I thank them for everything...

Emine Kaya

7’th Grade

Mevlana Secondary School /Adana