Recycling

What is recycling?

• A way to take trash and turn it into new products.

• A way to take silver into new products.

• Taking the trash out.

• Eating all of your dinner and not wasting any.

What can be recycled?

• plastic

• glass

• metals

• paper

• electronics

________ were one of the first items to be heavily recycled

• Cardboard boxes

• Styrofoam containers

• Aluminum cans

• Paper

There is only one type of plastic.

• True

• False

When being recycled, plastic goes through these steps. Choose the correct answers.

• They are cleaned

• They are melted down

• They are crushed

• They are shredded

______ starts its recycling process by being mixed with water and other chemicals to break it down.

• Plastic

• Paper

• Aluminum

• A battery

Paper gets shredded and heated up. This process eventually turns the paper into ____.

• plastic

• pulp

• glue

• fertilizer

Paper gets cleaned and _______ to remove any leftover inks or dyes.

• shredded

• bolied

• bleached

• cooked

After paper gets cleaned and bleached, the pulp is ready to be made into new ______.

• shoes

• furniture

• clothes

• paper

Computers and batteries are usually recycled to remove harmful chemicals as well as to recover, or salvage, some valuable materials such as ____ from electronics boards.

• diamonds

• silver

• gold

• copper