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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

A child sorting a bottle, paper and food scraps into plain bins

Reduce means use less. Reuse means use something again. Recycle means send a material to be made into something new. Small choices can help.

1.Sort the actions

Write one: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

  • Turn off lights
  • Fix a torn bag
  • Use a reusable bottle
  • Put paper in the recycling bin

2.Reuse a jar

Number the steps in order. Use each number once.

  • Dry the jar
  • Use it again as a pencil pot
  • Put pencils in the jar
  • Empty and clean the jar

3.Which one is reuse?

  1. 1. Which choice is reuse?

4.Draw a reused creation

Draw something new you could make from a used box, jar or scrap of paper.