Smart Choices for a Greener Future

Buying a larger package even when only a small amount is needed

Using a reusable water bottle instead of disposable bottles

Throwing away paper after using only one side

Taking extra plastic bags from a store

Put it in the trash

Break it into small pieces

Use it to store pencils or craft supplies

Rinse it and leave it outside

Recycling cans creates more aluminum in the ground

Recycling cans reduces the need to mine new materials

Recycling cans makes all trash disappear

Recycling cans uses no energy at all

Leaving lights on in empty rooms

Opening the refrigerator often

Turning off electronics when they are not being used

Running water while brushing your teeth

Pouring paint down a storm drain

Throwing trash into a river

Picking up pet waste and placing it in the trash

Washing chemicals into the street

Taking more fish from a lake than can reproduce

Using only the amount of water needed for a task

Cutting down every tree in a forest

Using a resource without replacing or conserving it

It increases the amount of waste in landfills

It can reduce the number of trees needed to make new paper

It makes paper impossible to use again

It causes more air pollution than making new paper

Using disposable utensils for every meal

Packing food in reusable containers

Taking extra napkins just in case

Throwing away unopened food

Buy more juice boxes so every student gets two

Ask students to take only the drinks they plan to use and track the results

Move the trash cans closer to the lunch tables

Replace juice boxes with larger disposable containers

Remove all trash cans from the school

Find out where and why students are putting bottles in the wrong container

Tell students that recycling is no longer allowed

Add more nonrecyclable materials to the recycling bins