Be Kind To Our Environment

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Earth Day

• Be Kind To Our Environment

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A need to reduce, reuse, and recycle
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A Need to Recycle

• WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO RECYCLE?
• WHY SHOULD WE REUSE ITEMS?
• WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REDUCE?
• WHY SHOULD WE RECYCLE?
• HOW CAN WE HELP?

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What does it mean to reduce?

• REDUCTION MEANS TO MAKE SOMETHING SMALLER
• USE SOMETHING LESS OFTEN

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REDUCE
Dont buy it unless you REALLY need it. If you
must buy it, make sure it IS recyclable.
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Why should we reuse items?

• PRODUCTS THAT STAY USEFUL REDUCE THE DEMAND FOR
  NEW PRODUCTS
• REUSING ITEMS ALSO EXTEND THE PRODUCTS NEED TO BE
  RECYCLED OR THROWED AWAY

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Reuse

• Turn that old plastic milk jug into a bird
  feeder.
• Tin cans make excellent wind chimes.
• Decorate an old shoe box to use as a keepsake
  box.
• Make a funny hat out of old newspaper.
• Use a glass jar as a rain gauge.

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Where does it go?

• Much of our garbage ends up in landfills.
• Sometimes the garbage is taken to an incinerator
  where it is burned.

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What does it mean to recycle?

• RECYCLING MEANS TO USE MATERIALS AGAIN TO MAKE
  SOMETHING NEW!

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Recycle- Turn your old garbage into new items

• Cardboard
• Glass
• Aluminum
• Paper
• Plastic

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Organize your trash place each item into its own
bin.

• Cardboard Bin
• Newspaper Bin
• Plastic Bin
• Aluminum Bin
• Glass Bin

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Deliver it!

• Take recyclables to your local recycling
  center.

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How can we help?

• We can help by learning more about and
• Practicing the three Rs of management
• Reduce, reuse, and recycle.

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Now lets sing it!

• Recycle

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Video

• Brain Pop Video
• Recycling

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Lets practice recycling

• Which Bin does it go in?