Recycling

Which is the symbol for recycling?

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Which of these cannot be recycled?

• metal

• plastic

• food

Click on all the materials that you CAN recycle.

• Food

• Plastic

• Metal

• Rubber

Can you recycle paper?

• No

• Yes

What happened when Maggie the Messy Magpie had collected too much rubbish?

• The trees grew taller and the animals were happy.

• The grass was not green, the plants were dying and the stream became muddy and dirty.

'Oh no' cried Maggie the Magpie, 'the humans were not kind' What did the humans do that destroyed the forest and the stream?

• They left their rubbish on the floor after their picnics and threw their rubbish out of car windows.

• They put their rubbish in dustbins.

• They chased away the rabbits and the birds.

What did Maggie the Magpie do when he realised that his 'treasure' was actually rubbish?

• He took all the rubbish to the recycling plant.

• He threw the rubbish in the stream.

What happens to metal, rubber, paper and plastic when it goes to the Recycling Plant.

• The materials are melted, mushed and shredded to make brand new things.

• The materials are tossed into the sea.

Why is it very important that we recycle our rubbish?

• To keep our environment clean and unpolluted.

• So that we can get lots of new toys.