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If possible grow your own vegetables or fruits. You might like to design or draw a plan for your dream veggie garden.

Cooking meals with your siblings or parents with fresh ingredients makes it less likely that you will need to throw away plastic packaging, unlike microwave meals!

If you have extra scrap pieces of paper or cardboard, turn those into artwork! Use markers to decorate your creation, cut up different pieces of paper and cardboard to add to your unique creation!

Go on a walk and pick up trash in your local area. Even a few pieces of trash being picked up by each person can make a huge difference!

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Animal facts - explore many different animals!

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Animal facts - explore many different animals!

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Discover the astonishing variety of mammals, birds, reptiles, marine life and more in the Australian Museum collections.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JBWVSSYmvU&ab_channel=Cleanaway

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Sort into the correct bin

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Colour ins!

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https://www.kidsnews.com.au/recycling/how-does-australia-rate-as-a-recycling-nation-we-look-at-what-we-do-well-and-where-we-could-improve/news-story/609cecbfce929e5721a152b2aca614bb

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Recycling isn't a modern idea. In fact, disposable and single-use products and packaging are much newer ideas.

Recycling has been a way of life forever for people who lived from the land - including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. Everything used came from nature, so when it had served its purpose, it went back into nature.

For the first white settlers to Australia, recycling was a way of making the most of the limited supplies that came from the UK by ship. Linen and cotton rags were used to make new paper and by the 1920s, waste paper and cardboard from households and factories in some cities began to be collected to be recycled into packaging.

Charities have been recycling clothing and household goods for more than 100 years.

Metals such as steel (including car bodies), aluminium and copper have been collected since the early 1900s, melted down and reused. Glass was also collected and broken down and remade into bottles and jars.

Kerbside* collection of recyclables began in the 1980s.
WHAT WE RECYCLE
Kerbside recycling bins can take:

Metal such as tins, cans, aerosol cans and foil trays;

Paper and cardboard such as milk cartons, cereal boxes, newspapers and magazines, pizza boxes and toilet rolls;

Glass bottles and jars; and

Plastic such as takeaway containers, yoghurt containers, drink bottles and cleaning product bottles.
WHAT WE CAN'T RECYCLE
Recyclables that can't go in your recycling bin include plastic shopping bags, soft plastic packaging such as lolly wrappers, polystyrene, batteries, paint, toxic chemicals and e-waste, which is electronic waste such as old computers.
SOME CHALLENGES
Educating us all about what can and can't be recycled is a big challenge. It doesn't help that there are different rules in different parts of Australia.

When things are incorrectly put in the recycling bin, it causes problems during the recycling process.

Rules about recycling coffee cups are commonly misunderstood. The plastic lids can be recycled but the cups usually can't and should go in the rubbish. There may be information printed on the cup, so read that.

Plastics bags are tricky. Some councils allow plastic bags to go in recycling bins while in other areas we must take them to special bins outside supermarkets. These bins can also take frozen chip bags, bread bags and lolly bags.

Aluminium foil can be recycled but not many people know that. Scrunch the foil up in a ball the size of your fist, or wait until you have enough to make a ball that size, and then it can go in the recycling bin.

Check your local council's rules so you do the right thing.
WHAT WE DO WELL
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, more than 90 per cent of Australian households recycle and more than half of our household waste is recycled.

We are world leaders at newspaper recycling and great at recycling plastic bottles and glass.
OUR RECYCLING CRISIS
Though we are pretty good at putting our recyclables in the recycling bin for collection, as a country we aren't too good at finding a way to complete the process.

Some of our recycling is sold to other countries to be processed. According to information collected by Blue Environment for the Australian government, until recently, Australia sold 3.5 per cent of collected recyclables to China. In 2017 it bought 29 per cent (920,000 tonnes) of paper and 36 per cent (125,000 tonnes) of all collected plastics. In total in 2017, China bought 1.25 million tonnes of recyclables from Australia.

China recently set stricter rules about what condition the recycled goods must be in. Australia's recycling was too contaminated* to meet China's rules and it will now not buy 99 per cent of the recycling it once did from Australia.

This has caused big problems for recycling companies in Australia, who are storing the waste in Australia until they can find a solution, such as another country to buy our waste, make it clean enough for China to take, or a way to process and remake it here. If the waste can't be recycled, eventually waste companies will be forced to send what could be recycled to landfill*.
VIDEO: The current recycling crisis in Australia EXTRA READING Part Two: Learn the three Rs for a simple waste solution Part Four: Follow recyclables from the bin back to you Part Five: Comparing Australian recycling to the rest of the world FOR ALL RECYCLING STORIES, click HERE GLOSSARY
kerbside: on the nature strip in front of houses

contaminated: unclean, polluted

landfill: rubbish that goes in a big hole in the ground
LISTEN TO THIS STORY 25 CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
For classroom activities on this story and much more, go to https://kidsnews.myshopify.com/products/kids-news-digital-education-kit-recycling to purchase the recycling workbook with 25 activities for the early bird price of just $5 (including GST).

Earlybird offer ends at 5pm on December 14. Thereafter, the price increases to $20 inc GST.
SOURCES
Department of the Environment and Energy's Waste and Resource Recovery information, visit environment.gov.au/protection/waste-resource-recovery

Blue Environment data on exports of recyclables from China, visit bit.ly/2Djw0dV

Planet Ark, visit planetark.org

Sustainability Victoria, visit sustainability.vic.gov.au/You-and-Your-Home/Waste-and-recycling/Recycling

Australian Bureau of Statistics, visit bit.ly/2wo60aH

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Kids News: The history and current state of recycling in Australia, including the export crisis

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Make a planter from reused plastic bottles

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Make a planter from reused plastic bottles

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAEW2wgRgCM&ab_channel=organicgarden

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EARTH DAY READ ALOUD WHY SHOULD I RECYCLE

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Climate change is a crisis that threatens our life-support systems. Humans have created the crisis and we have the skills and solutions to turn it around. We can better care for nature, each other and ourselves.

The Australian Museum (AM), with its long-term research and significant outreach about nature and culture, is well-placed to make a strong contribution to documenting and responding to climate change. The first climate communications centre in Australia's museum sector, the Climate Solutions Centre has been established to increase positive public engagement in climate change. We are informed by AM scientists' work on biodiversity, research on the cultural dimensions of climate change, and First Nations approaches to caring for Country.

The AM is raising awareness of the solutions available in Australia: including clean energy technologies, drawing down carbon, regenerating ecologies and supporting strong communities.

Collaborating with other organisations supports the development of wider public engagement in climate solutions. The AM is proud to be partnering with The Australia Institute on the annual survey of climate change attitudes, the Climate of the Nation. The AM has also taken a bold approach to the sustainability of its own operations; we have announced the achievement of Climate Active (Carbon Neutral) status, 26 November 2020.

These pages help to answer questions about climate change, what the AM is doing and, importantly, what you can do.

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Climate change is a crisis that threatens our life-support systems. Humans have created the crisis and we have the skills and solutions to turn it around. We can better care for nature, each other and ourselves.

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Listen and Read-along to learn more about being responsible for the environment.

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The Lorax - Read Aloud Picture Book | Brightly Storytime

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Explore this site and learn about our planet and how we can look after it!

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Our Digital Libraries are perfect for remote learning and home schooling.

You will find video clips, documentaries, images, articles, stories and news for each major topic. These are all designed to entertain and inform at every turn.

The toolbox is divided into Early Learning, Primary and Secondary levels and is brilliant for projects, research and further learning.

And best of all it's ALL FREE!!. If you have any cool information for us to include please let us know. We love your ideas.

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You will find video clips, documentaries, images, articles, stories and news for each major topic. These are all designed to entertain and inform at every turn. The toolbox is divided into Early Learning, Primary and Secondary levels and is brilliant for projects, research and further learning. And best of all it's ALL FREE!!.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYGsLHiceeY&ab_channel=PBSKIDSforParents

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Have fun with this recycling colour by number.

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Have fun with this recycling colour by number.

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Enjoy this story about recycling!

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Save the Ocean by Bethany Stahl | Children's Animated Audiobook | A Story About Recycling

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Make your own tin can bug hotel in your backyard!

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3 Rs of Sustainability Colouring. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

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3 Rs of Sustainability Colouring. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

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Decorate you own 3 Rs symbol.

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Create a poster to encourage more people to reduce, reuse and recycle!

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Make 3 different bird feeders using recycled materials!

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Make 3 different bird feeders using recycled materials!

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How to make 3 recycled bird feeders! | Maddie Moate

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Help sort the rubbish that can be recycled.

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Created by Grade 3 students!

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Sustainability for kids: fun ways to go green!

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Go on a walk with your family and pick up any rubbish you can see. Make sure that you wear some gloves and wash your hands afterwards!

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The Adventures of the Snail and the Whale movie

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The Adventures of the Snail and the Whale movie

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The Adventures Of The Snail & The Whale! | Gruffalo World:  Compilation

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I CAN SAVE THE EARTH by Alison Inches and Viviana Garofoli - Children's Book - Read aloud

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Teach kids sustainability: What Does it Mean to be Green?

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EARTH DAY EVERY DAY by Lisa Bullard and Xiao Xin-Earth Day Books for kids

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Create something like this picture using leaves and sticks from outside.

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Look around your backyard, front yard and neighbourhood to find plants and identify them. You can click on the website link to help you identify them!

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Identify quick and easy unknown succulents and cacti, indoor plants, berries, orchids, fern and other plants

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If you like bird watching make a bird bath! Surrounded by plants you can make your DIY bird bath into a beautiful little area for birds to stop by! Here is a link to make a very simple bird bath!

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Sort out your recycling at home.

Think of ways to help your family remember the recycling bags to go to the shops - you could make some signs!

Make a poster to show your family which bins to use.

See if you can go all day without using any disposable waste.

Make a graph or tally chart showing how much rubbish your family used and find ways how you can limit this.

Research solar panels systems for your house.

Pick up litter in your local area.

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A worm farm helps you reduce kitchen waste and use vegetable matter to keep your garden healthy and happy!

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3 ways you can build a worm farm without spending any money!

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The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson. Children's read-aloud story with illustrations.

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Learn about Rubbish and Recycling with Mister Maker! Join his Arty Party.

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Learn about Rubbish and Recycling with Mister Maker! Join his Arty Party.

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learning to use recycling bin

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learning to use recyling bin

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I could'nt take a photo so I only wote it.

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Simple bird bath made by Lucas at our backyard

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Lucas’ dream garden

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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My worm farm: the cardboard will be the floor for the worms