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Recycling is taking things like paper, plastic or glass and using them again or turning them into something else. For example, notebook paper can be recycled into newspaper and a plastic container can be made into a bird feeder. Today, many items can be recycled - - even old cars and broken electronic equipment like computers. Just check your local recycling center to see what you can recycle. Or get creative and find other uses for your recyclables, such as making a puppet from a recycled lunch bag or wrapping a present in recycled newspaper or fabric.
Recycling rocks for many reasons. Most of all it saves space, energy and resources. So get ready for your next AWARE Kids mission.
Here’s what you can do to become a recycling professional:
1. Start a recycling program at home or school. If one already exists, take charge of it for one or two weeks. Decorate cardboard boxes – one each for glass, aluminum, plastics and paper.
2. Collect these items for recycling and weigh your family’s/classroom’s daily usage of these items.
3. Report your findings to Project AWARE. How much glass,
aluminum, plastic and paper does your family/class use per day? How much
per week? Report ways
you think waste can be reduced at home or in the classroom.