Cool Ideas Clean Earth

SBW - English Program

Recycling Program

EECCLRY

• Rearrange the letters above to form a word• This word is a VERB – an action word

RECYCLE

• Recycle: use again after processing; • "We must recycle the cardboard boxes"

Recycle

• It also means that we can use our creative talent to make something new out of something old

• Most importantly, we can help save the Earth and all of its resources

Beautiful planet

We all want a clean Earth

A world full of junk

We don’t want a polluted Earth

Some things just won’t go away…

It is important to recycle

Time for garbage to decompose:

Banana peel = 3 to 4 weeks

          

It is important to recycle

Time for garbage to decompose:

Paper bag = 1 month

It is important to recycle

Time for garbage to decompose:

Wool sock = 1 to 5 years

          

It is important to recycle

Time for garbage to decompose:

Cigarette butt = 5 years

It is important to recycle

Time for garbage to decompose:

Plastic bag = 10-20 years

It is important to recycle

Time for garbage to decompose:

Tin can = 80 to 100 years

It is important to recycle

Time for garbage to decompose:

Aluminum can = 500 years

It is important to recycle

Time for garbage to decompose:

Glass bottle = 1,000 years

It is important to recycle

Time for garbage to decompose:

Styrofoam = unknown (a really long, long time)          

It is important to recycle

Time for garbage to decompose:

Plastic bottle = unknown (a long, long time)

It is important to recycle

Time for garbage to decompose:

Banana peel = 3 to 4 weeks

Paper bag = 1 month

Wool sock = 1 to 5 years

Cigarette butt = 5 years

Plastic bag = 10-20 years

Tin can = 80 to 100 years

Aluminum can = 500 years

Glass bottle = 1,000 years

Plastic bottle = unknown (a long, long time)

Styrofoam = unknown (a really long, long time)          

Things that CAN be recycled:

• Aluminum Cans• Brown Paper Bags• Cardboard• Catalogs, Magazines, and

Phone Books• Chipboard (Cereal Boxes,

Shoe Boxes, etc.)• Colored Paper• Computer Paper

• Envelopes• Glass Bottles and Jars

(Without the Caps)• Newspapers and Junk Mail• Plastic Bottles and Jugs

(Without the Caps)• Tin and Steel Cans• Empty Aerosol Cans• White Ledger Paper

Things that CANNOT be recycled

• Aluminum Foil• Auto Glass or Ceramics• Batteries• Film Canisters• Food• Light Bulbs• Painted Wood• Paper Towels and

Napkins

• Plastic Grocery Bags• Plastic Wrap• Porcelain• Styrofoam• Treated Wood• Wrappers

Let Us Recycle

• Do-it-yourself is an awesome option if • (1) you have no money to buy gifts, • (2) you have plenty of unwanted stuff at home

you want to recycle, • (3) you love unique things, • (4) you enjoy doing things with your own

hands, • (5) you are eco-friendly…

Recycle a phone book

into a pen organizer

Recycle old floppy disks…

into a pen holder

or into a notepad

Recycle a paper clip…

into a phone stand

Recycle a Pringles can

into a phone dock

or a gift packaging

Recycle milk bottles…

into home lights

Recycle cassette tapes…

into a lamp

Recycle a water bottle…

into a juicer

into a juicer

It’s your turn!

Think!

Make Earth a cleaner place!

Recycle!

Make groups of three…

• Think of anything that you can recycle.• Make a plan on how to recycle it.• Get ready to show the class your recycling project.

Due date

• The project is due next MONDAY• The teacher will randomly pick the groups that will

present their project.

Cool Ideas Clean Earth

SBW - English Program

Recycling Program