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Recycling lesson: read the lesson transcript and then watch the video to check your comprehension.

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Recycling lesson: read the lesson transcript and then watch the video to check your comprehension.

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Recyclable Materials

If you were to look in your trash can, you would see that there are many different types of trash. Only certain materials can be recycled: glass, paper, plastic, and metal are the main recyclables, though some recycling centers will also take organics like banana peels and chicken bones. How do you know what can be recycled? Well, many products that can be recycled will be stamped with the following symbol:

For each type of recyclable, there is a specific process to turn it into a usable material. Let's explore examples and processes of the four main recyclables.

Paper & Plastic

Paper can be recycled and reused - that includes cardboard boxes, newspapers, computer paper, paper bags, junk mail (envelopes), magazines, and even activity books that you have finished coloring and writing in.

After paper materials are collected, recycling factories need to make sure the paper is not dirty from other trash items. If the paper material is clean, it's then bundled and sent to a paper mill. At the mill, the paper is shredded, heated, and mixed with chemicals in a way that creates a material to make new paper.

You use plastic items everyday that can be recycled, such as plastic bags from the store, plastic containers that toys come in, rubber bands, plastic wrap, and milk cartons. One of the biggest recyclables that often gets sent to the trash can is the water bottle. About 60 million water bottles are destroyed by burning (which sends pollution into the air) or sent to landfills, where they take as much as 700 years to decompose.

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recycling lesson for kids: facts & definition - video & lesson transcript | study.com

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Recycling Lesson for Kids: Facts & Definition - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

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If you were to look in your trash can, you would see that there are many different types of trash. Only certain materials can be recycled: glass, paper, plastic, and metal are the main recyclables, though some recycling centers will also take organics like banana peels and chicken bones.

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Check what you have learned! What would you do from now on to protect the environment?

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Check what you have learned! What would you do from now on to protect the environment?

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Help clean up the park! Your job is to sort the stuff people throw away and put it in the proper bin. Is it recycling, compost, or trash? Get facts about climate change and tips on how you can help save the earth.

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Help clean up the park! Your job is to sort the stuff people throw away and put it in the proper bin. Is it recycling, compost, or trash? Get facts about climate change and tips on how you can help save the earth.

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 We should recycle.Grammar: focus on modals in English (Should/Should not, Can/Can’t).

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 We should recycle.Grammar: focus on modals in English (Should/Should not, Can/Can’t).

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 Read the article. Write down other ideas and share them with your colleagues.

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 Read the article. Write down other ideas and share them with your colleagues.

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Learning Resources (Quiz): Recycling Vocabulary (1º Primaria - medio ambiente - primary education) - Quiz on vocabulary related to the subject

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Recyclable Materials

If you were to look in your trash can, you would see that there are many different types of trash. Only certain materials can be recycled: glass, paper, plastic, and metal are the main recyclables, though some recycling centers will also take organics like banana peels and chicken bones. How do you know what can be recycled? Well, many products that can be recycled will be stamped with the following symbol:

For each type of recyclable, there is a specific process to turn it into a usable material. Let's explore examples and processes of the four main recyclables.

Paper & Plastic

Paper can be recycled and reused - that includes cardboard boxes, newspapers, computer paper, paper bags, junk mail (envelopes), magazines, and even activity books that you have finished coloring and writing in.

After paper materials are collected, recycling factories need to make sure the paper is not dirty from other trash items. If the paper material is clean, it's then bundled and sent to a paper mill. At the mill, the paper is shredded, heated, and mixed with chemicals in a way that creates a material to make new paper.

You use plastic items everyday that can be recycled, such as plastic bags from the store, plastic containers that toys come in, rubber bands, plastic wrap, and milk cartons. One of the biggest recyclables that often gets sent to the trash can is the water bottle. About 60 million water bottles are destroyed by burning (which sends pollution into the air) or sent to landfills, where they take as much as 700 years to decompose.

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recycling lesson for kids: facts & definition - video & lesson transcript | study.com

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Recycling Lesson for Kids: Facts & Definition - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

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If you were to look in your trash can, you would see that there are many different types of trash. Only certain materials can be recycled: glass, paper, plastic, and metal are the main recyclables, though some recycling centers will also take organics like banana peels and chicken bones.

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Is plastic/garbage an issue in your community? What are the behaviors to safeguard the environment? Are there rules and what happens if not respected?