♻️ What Is Recycling?
1st Grade 🌱 Environment
Recycling means turning used things — like paper, cans and plastic bottles — into new things instead of throwing them away.
How it works
Recycled items are collected, sorted and cleaned at a recycling center. Paper is mashed into pulp to make new paper. Cans are melted to make new cans. Some plastic bottles become fleece jackets!
Why it helps
Recycling saves trees, water and energy and keeps trash out of landfills and the ocean. Making a can from recycled aluminum uses about 95% less energy than making a new one.
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Even better than recycling is using less (reduce) and using things again (reuse) — like a refillable water bottle or a lunchbox instead of plastic bags.
Quick quiz
What does recycling do?
Which is NOT one of the three R’s?
What can old plastic bottles become?