If you would like to see how some of our everyday substances are recycled, click on the link above. This may help you get a better idea of what can be recycled, there is probably more then you think!
This site has the different categories of objects we can recycle. It also provides how to recycle and where certain objects can be recycled based on your location.
This site details the recycling program at MIT. It describes their program in great detail. Might be good to use as an example of what can be accomplished.
This Ted Talk by Charles Moore is an educational video about how plastic is recycled and where it ends up. He explains how our plastic and trash that ends up in the ocean forms the Eastern Garbage Patch. He also provides statistics and how this dilemma affects our environment.
Provides students with some ideas or techniques that might work to separate their mixture of recyclable materials. The website reviews evaporation, distillation, magnetism, and filtration.