ZERO WASTE Initiative

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ZERO WASTE Initiative
Talking Trash with Recycle Rabbit Friends
By PCPRIDE
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LETS Talk Trash withRECYCLE RABBIT!
Hey, guys! My name is Recycle Rabbit. Do you
know what to do with empty pop cans and plastic
bottles?
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I am DUMPING DUCKY.
I do what I have always done. I throw EVERYTHING
in a TRASH can and that is that!
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SO, What is TRASH?
When you put all your throw-a-ways together, you
have something called TRASH.
TRASH
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If you Separate Each Item,
CARD-BOARD
PAPER
PLASTIC
GLASS
Metal
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2.
4.
3.
5.
1.
You now have RESOURCES.
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If we separate our newspapers, glass, metal,
along with plastic and aluminum and take them to
a RECYCLE CENTER, they can become resources for
more products.
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What happens to Dumpy Ducks trash?
Dumpy DUCKS throw-a-ways are taken to the
landfill and buried forever. They will stay
there forever and ever. It will take hundreds
and thousands of years for some of them to go
away. They have to ROT or DECOMPOSE.
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Garbage Mountains are formed.This land will
never be useful again.No one will want to live
near these mountains. They can give off gases and
could even have landslides.
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But, why do we need to recycle? It takes too
much time and energy. I guess I am just lazy.
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RECYCLE REX
I know why!! If you dont start saving your
throw-a-ways, then one day you will use up all of
your trees and other resources. People may then
become extinct like DINOSAURS. You must be good
citizens and start saving now.
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I am LULU LITTERBUG. Are any of you LITTER BUGS?
Litter bugs dont care where they put their
trash. They throw it out of car windows, along
the roadsides, and on the school ground. ARE
YOU ONE OF THOSE CREATURES?
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We want our roadsides to look like this. Garbage
makes the world ugly.
Not This!
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WISE OL AL
WISE people do the right thing. You can help keep
the world beautiful. Look on the next page and
you will see how you can help.
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What can you do?
1. Save all of your recyclables and take them to
the recycle center.
2. Tell your parents and brothers and sisters to
do the same.
3. Learn how to make a compost bin and put all of
your food scraps in it along with shredded
paper and yard clippings.
4. Ask you parents to buy things that are made
from recyclables.
5. Choose things that can be recycled.
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We want to save our beautiful EARTH for the
FUTURE. Please help us work to end WASTE.
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Lets All Help Recycle RABBIT!
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Join Recycle Rabbits Club!Tell your Teacher
you want a membership application.Take it home
and Get Your Parents to sign it.Return it to
school and get your MEMBERSHIP CARD.
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Recycle Rabbits Club
Application for Membership
Name ___________________________________ Grade
_____________Teacher _______________ I agree that
I will recycle all my throw-a-ways beginning
today. Date _____________________ I agree for my
child and my family to be recyclers. Parents
Signature_________________________
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Membership Card This certifies that
_________________ Is a Member of the Recycle
Rabbits ZERO WASTE Club. Certified on
_________________ By Recycle Rabbit
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Where do you take your recycle items?
This is the recycle center on Madison Blvd. In
Roxboro. There is another one at the Upper
Piedmont Landfill of Hwy.158E.
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Individual Awards
We will sponsor a RECYLE ART SHOW and award
prizes to the best art projects.
We will have a INVENTORS WORKSHOP and award
prizes to the best products made from recycled
materials.
We will publish the names of our ZERO WASTE
families.
We will have all events publicized by the media,
TV, radio and newspapers.
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Your School Can Join our ZERO WASTE Program.
Buy containers for your school and bring your
recyclables to school..
PCPRIDE will collect them once a week, weigh them
and take them to the recycle center
We will compare what you do with other schools
and see who is the best RECYCLER.
We will give an award to the best ZERO WASTE
SCHOOL.