1. Be Kind To Our Environment Earth Day

2. A need to reduce, reuse, and recycle

3. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO RECYCLE? WHY SHOULD WE REUSE ITEMS? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REDUCE? WHY SHOULD WE RECYCLE? HOW CAN WE HELP? A Need to Recycle

4. What does it mean to reduce? REDUCTION MEANS TO MAKE SOMETHING SMALLER USE SOMETHING LESS OFTEN

5. REDUCE Don’t buy it unless you REALLY need it. If you must buy it, make sure it IS recyclable.

6. Why should we reuse items? PRODUCTS THAT STAY USEFUL REDUCE THE DEMAND FOR NEW PRODUCTS REUSING ITEMS ALSO EXTEND THE PRODUCTS NEED TO BE RECYCLED OR THROWED AWAY

7. Reuse Turn that old plastic milk jug into a bird feeder. Tin cans make excellent wind chimes. Decorate an old shoe box to use as a keepsake box. Make a funny hat out of old newspaper. Use a glass jar as a rain gauge.

8. Where does it go? Much of our garbage ends up in landfills. Sometimes the garbage is taken to an incinerator where it is burned.

9. What does it mean to recycle? RECYCLING MEANS TO USE MATERIALS AGAIN TO MAKE SOMETHING NEW!

10. Recycle- Turn your old garbage into new items Cardboard Glass Aluminum Paper Plastic

11. Organize your trash place each item into its own bin. Cardboard Bin Newspaper Bin Plastic Bin Aluminum Bin Glass Bin

12. Deliver it! Take recyclables to your local recycling center.

13. How can we help? We can help by learning more about and Practicing the three “R”s of management: Reduce, reuse, and recycle.

14. Now let’s sing it! Recycle

15. Video Brain Pop Video Recycling

16. Let’s practice recycling Which Bin does it go in?