According to what George's teacher told him, George's first step towards investigating about the recycling of aluminium should be to research on the already carried out studies about the topic. Starting off with the basic facts about aluminium, George should study about its demand in different industries and the need and purpose of recycling it along with the different ways to recycle it. After researching on the topic, he should decide whether which of the ways he thinks is the best to recycle aluminium considering its overall cost, ease in process, time and the quality.