Why should we reduce, reuse and recycle? Who knows what recycle means? Reusing materials instead of throwing them away. Why should we recycle? Why should we reduce, reuse and recycle?

Words we need to know Landfill- a place where garbage is dumped from garbage trucks Biodegrade- when something is eaten away by the sun, rain, wind and microorganisms (very tiny animals and plants) Recycle- reusing materials instead of throwing them away

Paper People in the United States cut down 850 million trees every year to make paper products! Trees make oxygen and keep are air clean so that we can breath

Plastic is not biodegradable, it lasts forever! Plastic also

Glass It takes about 3,000 years for a glass bottle or jar to biodegrade at a landfill

It takes 500 years for one aluminum can to biodegrade at the landfill

Why is it important to recycle? If we don’t recycle, more and more garbage will go to landfills until they all get filled up. It takes less energy to process recycled materials than to process new materials, which reduces pollution Recycling paper saves trees and forests, which make oxygen and helps keep the air clean If that happens what will we do? How would you like to have a landfill in your backyard?