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Recycling for Kids | Learn how to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

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Welcome to
Recycle City!

There's lots to do here - people and places to visit and plenty of ways to explore how the city's residents recycle, reduce, and reuse waste.

To get started, just click on any section of Recycle City that you want to tour. You can create your own Recycle City scavenger hunt or go to the Activities area for other ways you can explore. Or try one of our cool games!

When you leave this place, you'll know much more about what you can do to help protect the environment. Have fun!

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There's lots to do here - people and places to visit and plenty of ways to explore how the city's residents recycle, reduce, and reuse waste. To get started, just click on any section of Recycle City that you want to tour.

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Kids Environment Kids Health - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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Recycle-don't just toss everything in the trash. Lots of things (like cans, bottles, paper, and cardboard) can be remade into either the same kind of thing or new products. Making new items from recycled ones also takes less energy and fewer resources than making products from brand new materials.

Just about anything in your home (or office or school, etc.) that cannot be reused CAN be recycled into something else. You'd be amazed what can be done with a recycled product! A recycled soda bottle, can be made into T-shirts, combs, or hundreds of other plastic goods that can be used for many years. Even your brand new computer case might be made from ordinary recycled plastics. And paper products can take on different forms as well; an old phone book or coloring book might become one of your school books or a notebook.

Your recycling mission is not impossible! In fact, it is very simple:
Don't throw away anything that can be recycled!

Here is a list of things you may be able to recycle

Aluminum cans

Cardboard

Electronic equipment

Glass (particularly bottles and jars)

Magazines

Metal

Newspaper

Paper

Plastic Bags

Plastic Bottles

Steel Cans

Writing/Copy Paper

Yard Waste (leaves, grass)

Just ask your local recycling office (city, county, or state) about what can be recycled.

Now isn't that easy? There is so much that YOU can do with very little effort. And the best part is you will probably save yourself a lot of money while you are at it!

Other stuff you might like ...

Sing-Along Songs

With words and music!

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Scientific Dictionary

Not sure of what a word means?

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Why Recycle? Recycling Facts | Penn Waste

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According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), recycling in Pennsylvania in 2005 saved over 98 trillion BTUs of energy, enough to power 941,000 houses. In 2019, Penn Waste's state of the art recycling facility processed more than 180,000 tons of recyclable material, preserving our world for future generations.

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Kids learn about recycling and how it helps the environment. What can be recycled and how recycling works for teachers and students.

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https://www.wfyi.org/programs/indiana-expeditions/television/episode-304-where-trash-goes

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November 16, 2010

You toss it and forget it, you put it out to be collected and it disappears from view, but one man's trash may indeed be another's treasure. The soda bottle you throw out today could become part of a car someone drives in the future. Find out where trash goes and the surprising uses that keep it from simply being a waste.

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November 16, 2010 You toss it and forget it, you put it out to be collected and it disappears from view, but one man's trash may indeed be another's treasure. The soda bottle you throw out today could become part of a car someone drives in the future.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jQ7y_qQYUA

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Recycling for Kids | Recycling Plastic, Glass and Paper | Recycle Symbol | Kids Academy

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You can see information on recycling different materials (paper, plastic, cardboard)

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The number one most important fact to remember about recycling is that YOU can make a difference!

Recycling means to use something again.

Newspapers can be used to make new newspapers. Aluminum cans can be used to make new aluminum cans. Glass jars can be used to make new glass jars. Recycling often saves energy and natural resources through conservation.

It almost always takes less energy to make a product from recycled materials than it does to make it from new materials. Using recycled aluminum scrap to make new aluminum cans, for example, uses 95 percent less energy than making aluminum cans from bauxite ore, the raw material used to make aluminum.

Natural resources are riches provided courtesy of Mother Nature. Natural resources include land, plants, minerals, and water.

By using materials more than once, we conserve natural resources. In the case of paper, recycling saves trees and water. Making a ton of paper from recycled stock saves up to 17 trees and uses 50 percent less water!

So start recycling today and help Mother Nature to stay healthy!

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Recycle & Reuse The number one most important fact to remember about recycling is that YOU can make a difference! Recycling means to use something again. Newspapers can be used to make new newspapers. Aluminum cans can be used to make new aluminum cans. Glass jars can be used to make new glass jars.

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Instead of throwing everything away in the trash so it will end up in a landfill, you can recycle many things so they can become new products. Recycling reduces waste and helps save natural resources such as wood and water. You can feel good about helping the environment when you recycle because you'll be saving energy and reducing pollution.

What Is Recycling?

Recycling involves separating items that you're getting rid of into different groups. Some items can't be recycled, but you can separate out many paper products, cans, glass, and plastic so these things can be taken to special facilities to be recycled for future use.

Recycling facilities sort, clean, and process items so they can be used to make new things.

After being sorted and processed, these materials are ready to be sold to manufacturers to be formed into new items.

Who Recycles?

Everyone can recycle. Businesses and schools can recycle, and families can recycle, too.

When you recycle at home, you can use separate bins to collect the different items. But in some places, you can put everything recyclable into one big bin without having to sort it.

When you recycle at school, pay attention to the bins they have so you throw items into the correct ones.

What Can You Recycle?

Recyclable materials include cardboard, newspapers, plastic and glass bottles, plastic containers, aluminum and steel cans, and some other types of paper.

Look on the bottoms of plastic bottles and containers to find a symbol. The symbol will tell you whether you can recycle the item.

Most communities accept glass bottles and containers made out of different colored glass.

Communities often accept paper and paper products, too.

What Can't You Recycle?

Some items are not recyclable. It can be tempting to place some items into the recycling bin, even if you're not sure if they're recyclable, but when people do this, they can place facility workers in danger as they're sorting items.

Plastic bags and plastic wraps may be recyclable, but not in curbside pickup bins.

Electric cords, chains, wires, and hoses are not recyclable in curbside pickup bins. These items can tangle in sorting equipment.

Hazardous materials such as paint, oil, gas, or poisons are not recyclable.

Diapers are not recyclable.

Packaging with food stuck to the inside should be cleaned first before recycling them.

Propane tanks are not recyclable.

Large and bulky plastic items such as laundry baskets and play furniture are not recyclable.

How Are Things Recycled?

Recycling involves collecting and processing materials into a form that can be used to make new things. Recycled raw materials are sold to manufacturers to make new items.

Collection includes curbside pickup, drop-off centers, and buy-back centers that will pay consumers to bring their items to be recycled.

Processing involves cleaning and sorting the items so they can be turned back into raw materials. Items might be broken down into little pieces or melted down.

After processing, the materials are sold to manufacturers, who use them either alone or by mixing them with other materials to make new products.

Why Do You Recycle?

It's helpful to think of recycling as a closed loop. The loop includes using something, collecting it, processing it, and making something new to be used. It's important to keep that loop closed to protect our environment.

By keeping items inside the recycling loop, we reduce waste and keep products out of landfills.

Recycling reduces pollution, saves energy, and makes jobs.

Related Resources for Kids

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https://pixabay.com/vectors/woman-girl-black-female-rubbish-160281/ Instead of throwing everything away in the trash so it will end up in a landfill, you can recycle many things so they can become new products. Recycling reduces waste and helps save natural resources such as wood and water.