Recycle cans,
bottles, paper & cardboard
Don’t throw
away old toys.
Donate them or give them
to a friend to enjoy
Bring
reusable bags
with you to the grocery store
Bring
homemade lunches
to school in reusable containers
Create a
bird feeder
out of a toilet paper roll
or paper towel roll – cover
in peanut butter and birdseed
and hang from a tree in the yard
Drink from
reusable
water bottles
instead of buying plastic
water bottles
Help start a school recycling program
Recycling the items around us
can change our environment
Recycling 1 aluminum can
saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours 1
250 million trees would
be saved every year
if we just recycled all of our newspapers 1
Recycling 1 glass bottle
could light your bedroom for 4 hours 1
1. Recycling Fun Facts: https://www.timetorecycle.org/pdf/EDUCATION, web accessed February 28, 2017.