1. REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

2. The 3 R’s
Reduce ~ Reduce means to cut down on the amount of waste being thrown out
Reuse ~ Reuse means to use things over and over again and find new uses for objects e.g. use a water bottle over and over for school!
Recycle ~ Recycle means to re-use the item and create something else with it.

3. How to STOP!
Buy things loose. When you’re buying vegetables or fruit buy them without the packaging, as this produces less waste.
Make a compost pile and have a brown bin at home
For more info on how to stop waste visit Kids' Stuff About Waste Reduction and Recycling 

4. Plastic Bags 1% of plastic bags are recycled.
A few years ago a study showed that 8 million pounds of plastic bags are thrown away each year.
If you don’t recycle them, animals can eat them and get stuck in their throat and they will suffocate.

5. Cans
Aluminium cans
Aluminium cans are shredded, removing any coloured coating.
They are then melted in a huge furnace.

6. Paper 1 ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees!
Reuse paper around the home as scrap paper or packing material. Envelopes can also be reused.
Another good way to reduce paper is to read the news online – this will stop the massive amount of trees being cut down for newspapers alone!

7. Will these
pictures
make you
want to
recycle more
???

8. Rubbish being CRAMMED into a landfill site.

9. Waste being dumped…

10. A recycling centre?!?!