The Three Rs.

What is recycling?

• Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new waste.
• Recycling is the process of converting reusable objects into waste materials.
• Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into energy.
• Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into reusable objects.

How can we recycle plastic?

• Collect, sort, clean, shred/melt, reuse
• Burn, bury, throw in the ocean
• Donate, compost, incinerate
• Reuse, repurpose, discard

How can you recycle glass?

• Throw in regular trash
• Bury in the backyard
• Leave on the street
• Separate, clean, and take to a recycling center or place in recycling bin

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What can you make from the cardboard?

• Paper airplanes
• Cardboard hats
• Origami animals
• Storage boxes, picture frames, coasters, small furniture

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How can you save the trees?

• Cut down all the trees
• Use more paper products
• Reduce paper usage, recycle paper products, plant more trees, and support organizations that protect forests.
• Ignore deforestation

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Why do we need to put paper with paper?

• To organize and categorize documents
• To confuse people
• To start a fire
• To make origami

What are the 3 Rs?

• Refuse, Reuse, Recycle
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
• Reduce, Reuse, Refurbish
• Reduce, Refill, Recycle

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What does reduce mean?

• To increase something in amount, degree, or size.
• To keep something the same without any change.
• To divide something into smaller parts.
• To make something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

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What does reuse mean?

• Throwing it away immediately
• Keeping it in storage forever
• Donating it to charity
• Using an item again instead of throwing it away or getting a new one.

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