Garbage Compost Recycle

​What is the difference between reduce, reuse, and recycle?

​Reduce means to cut back on the amount of trash we create!

Reduce...

​Reuse means to find new ways to use things that otherwise would have been thrown out.

Reuse...

Recycle means to turn something old and useless (like plastic milk jugs) into something new and useful (like picnic benches, playground equipment and recycling bins).​

Recycle...

Multiple Choice

When you cut back on the amount of trash you create you _____ the amount of trash you produce.

• Reuse

• Reduce

• Recylce

Multiple Choice

When you find new ways to use things that otherwise would have been thrown out, you _____ what would have been trashed.

• Reuse

• Reduce

• Recycle

Multiple Choice

When you turn something old and useless (like plastic milk jugs) into something new and useful (like picnic benches, playground equipment and recycling bins) you ______.

• Reuse

• Reduce

• Recylce

• Plastic Grocery Bags

• Bubble Wrap

• Light Bulbs

• Food and Liquid

Can Not be Recycled

• Bottles

• Cans

• Paper​

• Cardboard Boxes (Cereal Boxes)

• ​Magazines

Can Recycle

​Can you think of anything else that can or can not be recycled?

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Do you know where your trash goes after you throw it away? ​

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​Where does your trash (waste) go?

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Multiple Choice

Where does your trash go after you throw it away?

• The trash company.

• A landfill

Open Ended

Briefly explain to me what a landfill is?

​Stuff that can not be recycled or composted.

Trash

​Objects that can be broken down in soil...

For Example: ​

Fruits and vegetables.

Crushed eggshells. Coffee grounds and filters. Tea bags.

Nut shells. Shredded newspaper. Shredded cardboard.

Shredded paper.

Compost

​Recycle means to turn something old and useless (like plastic milk jugs) into something new and useful (like picnic benches, playground equipment and recycling bins).​

Recycle

​There are 3 types of waste... Trash, compost, and recycling.

Taking fruit and vegetable scraps and turning them into soil!!!

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This also helps reduce WASTE! ​

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​Composting

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How can we help make more people aware of the importance of recycling? ​

• Educate People

  • Putting Up Posters

• ​Making Recycling Easier

  • Have more recycling bins in public places.

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Subject | Subject

Can you think of any other ways we can raise awareness about recycling?

Now Let's Make Our Own Awareness Posters...

Recycling helps save the earth! OR Importance of Recycling!