RECYCLING HOW WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Where does garbage go? Garbage is either –Burned –Buried at the Dump or Landfill Right now there are already 5, 200 landfills in America and they are filling up! This means we will need to find new space for our garbage!

How can we reduce the amount of garbage we create? We can… R-E-C-Y-C-L- E RECYCLE Paper Plastic Bottles Aluminum Cans Glass

Guess What? Every year, we throw out enough white writing paper to build a 12 foot high wall of paper all the way across the country: from New York to Los Angeles.

Paper can be made into items like…

How many aluminum cans does the average American use in a year? a)10 b)150 c)320 Making a new pop can creates 20 times more air and water pollution.

Aluminum cans can be made into… This is called closed-loop recycling because the old cans are turned into the same thing again. Aluminum beverage containers can be recycled into new cans and put back onto store shelves within 60 days!

Who knew? Every hour of the day, Americans throw out 2.5 million plastic beverage bottles!

Plastic bottles can be made into things like…

How many times can you recycle a glass bottle? a)One time b)25 times c)An unlimited number of times

Glass can be made into…

What happens if we don’t recycle? We won’t help the environment… -Create pollution -Use lots of energy -Cut down more trees