AO hosts school trip for behind-the-scenes tour of fridge recycling plant, led by kids’ TV presenter
Electricals retailer AO has run a competition to give a school class the chance to get a behind-the-scenes tour of its state-of-the-art fridge recycling plant led by CBBC host and sustainability influencer, James Stewart.
Ysgol Bryn Alyn in Wrexham won the prize and took a group of 15 pupils, who were aged between 11 and 13, to the Telford site.
As well seeing AO’s huge fridge crushing machine Bertha, which weighs 80 tonnes and can ‘eat’ up to 100 fridges per hour, class members were shown science experiments with Lego and learned about how AO processes around 200 tonnes of fridge plastic each week, which is then used to make new products such as bathroom and kitchen fans.
In addition, Stewart challenged the children to ‘be a TV presenter for the day’ by filming their visit on smart phones provided by AO. The footage was then edited into short videos, which have since been shared on AO’s social media channels
Rob Sant, AO’s group recycling director, came up with the idea for the competition after 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.
He said: “It’s 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.
“It was brilliant to see how engaged they were throughout the day and the videos that they’ve put together in such a short space of time are really impressive.”
