The document discusses why recycling is important. It explains that recycling means sorting items so they can be used again instead of throwing everything in the garbage. It describes how glass, cans, paper, and plastic that are recycled get broken down or shredded and reused to make new bottles, bikes, books, and other items. Recycling helps reduce waste and is better for the environment than putting items in landfills. It encourages recycling as much as possible, including clothes, books, toys, and packaging.

1. Why
Should I
Recycle?
Kinder

2. In my family, we recycle our
garbage.

3. Recycling means we return or
SORT things so they can be
used again.

4. We didn’t always recycle. We
used to throw everything away.

5. Garbage has lots of useful
things that can be recycled, or
use again.

6. We can sort garbage in
separate containers for
bottles, cans, plastic, clothes
and paper.

7. What do you think happens to
all the glass that we sort out to
recycle?

8. It all gets broken down to make
shiny new bottles!

9. And guess what happens to all
the cans that get recycled?

10. They get melted down to make
new metal things such as bikes
and scooters.

11. What happens to the paper and
plastic that we recycle?

12. The paper gets shredded and
used to make new books and
comics. All these
things come
from garbage
we just throw
away.

13. Most of the garbage we put in
the trash cans gets buried in
landfills. It’s good to recycle as
much as you can!
How sad!
So what
else can we
recycle?

14. Clothes, books, and toys that you
don’t want can all be taken to the
secondhand store. That’s one way
we can reuse!

15. The food we buy at
supermarkets comes in
packages that can often be
used again.
Reduce
Reuse

16. Now we buy recycled things at
the store.
Recycled
paper
helps to
save trees!

17. I always recycle the plastic
bags, too.
We
brought our
own bags,
thanks.

18. Now we recycle so much
garbage, there’s hardly any left
to put in the can!

19. Reducing, reusing, recycling is
being kind to nature. It saves
money- and it’s fun!