1.
What is Recycle?
It is the process of converting waste
materials into new materials and objects.

2.
• 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.

3.
What does the
Recycle Symbol
Mean?

4.
• The first top arrow represents
the collection of recyclable
materials for processing.
• The bottom right arrow
represents the recyclables being
processed into recycled
products.
• The bottom left arrow is the
most important. It represents
when the consumer actually buys
a product with recycled content.

5.
What are the three R’s
of Recycling?

6.
Reduce
• Reduce means to use less of
something. Some examples
are:
1. Use a handkerchief instead of
tissues.
2. Use a cotton rag when cleaning
house instead of paper towels.
3. Use a sports bottle instead of
buying bottled water
everyday.

7.
Reuse
• Reuse is to put again into
service without changing.
Examples are:
1. Wrapping paper
2.Floppy disks
3.Plastic grocery bags

8.
Recycle
• Recycle is to put again into
service with changing.
Examples are:
1. Cans
2.Glass
3.Plastics

9.
Where do I take my
Recyclables

10.
• A local recycling center
• A local waste recycling
center
• At curbside
• A local bulky waste recycling
center

11.
How can Recycling
conserve our natural
resources?

12.
• Recycling conserves natural
resources by substituting
“secondary resources” such as
glass, metal, and paper for raw
materials extracted.
• By recycling paper the need to
cut down trees reduces.
• By recycling aluminum it
minimizes the need for mining
new minerals, thereby
decreasing damage to the
wilderness.

13.
How does Recycling
save energy?

14.
• The energy required to
manufacture paper, plastics,
glass, and metal from recycled
materials is usually less than
the energy required to produce
them from new materials.
• The steps such as collection,
processing, and transportation
is also usually less energy then
the steps in supplying new
materials.

15.
Beautiful planet
We all want a clean Earth

16.
A world full of junk
We don’t want a polluted Earth

17.
Some things just
won’t go away…

18.
It is important to recycle
Time for garbage to decompose:
Banana peel = 3 to 4 weeks

19.
It is important to recycle
Time for garbage to decompose:
Paper bag = 1 month

20.
It is important to recycle
Time for garbage to decompose:
Wool sock = 1 to 5 years

21.
It is important to recycle
Time for garbage to decompose:
Cigarette butt = 5 years

22.
It is important to recycle
Time for garbage to decompose:
Plastic bag = 10-20 years

23.
It is important to recycle
Time for garbage to decompose:
Tin can = 80 to 100 years

24.
It is important to recycle
Time for garbage to decompose:
Aluminum can = 500 years

25.
It is important to recycle
Time for garbage to decompose:
Glass bottle = 1,000 years

26.
It is important to recycle
Time for garbage to decompose:
Styrofoam = unknown (a really long,
long time)

27.
It is important to recycle
Time for garbage to decompose:
Plastic bottle = unknown (a long, long
time)

28.
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

29.
What are some
things I can Recycle?

30.
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

31.
• Paper
• Cardboard
• Glass
• Steel Cans
• Batteries
• Plastic
• Tires
• Shoes
• Computers

32.
Recycle a phone book

33.
into a pen organizer

34.
Recycle old floppy disks…

35.
into a pen holder

36.
or into a notepad

37.
Recycle a paper clip…

38.
into a phone stand

39.
Recycle a Pringles can

40.
into a phone dock

41.
or a gift packaging

42.
Recycle milk bottles…

43.
into home lights

44.
Recycle cassette tapes…

45.
into a lamp

46.
Recycle a water bottle…

47.
into a juicer

48.
•RECYCLING
SYMBOLS

49.
What Happens If
We Don’t Recycle
Plastic?

50.
It’s your turn!

51.
Think!

52.
Make Earth a cleaner
place!
Recycle!