RECYCLING

What do the 3 R's stand for?

• Rabbit

• Reuse

• Refuse

• Reduce

• recycle

How much of our household waste could be recycled?

• more than 50% of it

• less than 25% of it

• nearly all of it

• about 10% of it

Why is recycling so important?

• The world's resources are unlimited.

• It's not

• The world's resources are limited, saves energy and reduces air and water pollution.

Recycling is the process of:

• Buying new things

• Taking old or unwanted products and using the materials to make new things.

• Putting unwanted products in landfill.

• Burning unwanted products.

Select some benefits of recycling:

• Uses fewer limited resources.

• Uses less energy.

• Difficult to separate components of some materials.

• Makes less rubbish, which ends up in landfill sites.

It is important to recycle aluminium because it uses less energy to recycle aluminium than to mine and extract aluminium from aluminium ore.

• True

• False

Recycling saves money because it is completely free.

• True

• False

What does this sign mean?

• walk in circles

• reduce, reuse, recycle

• save the environment

• green is my favourite colour

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

What are the benefits of recycling?

• Increases carbon dioxide emissions and keeps the planet warm so we are not as cold Mars

• Reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators, Conserves natural resources, Prevents pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials, Saves energy.

• Wind farms become more economical and mining companies need to give more money to the poor.

• Cars can go faster on recycled petrol

What is it?

• metal

• plastic

• glass

• paper