Everyone knows that recycling helps the environment by reducing trash and saving space in our landfills, but did you know that recycling also saves energy?
Look for the recycle symbol, a design of three arrows that makes up a circle. This symbol is located on the bottoms of bottles, cans, and jars that can be recycled. The three arrows in the symbol stand for the three steps in the recycling process in which recyclable materials are (1) collected, (2) manufactured into new items, and (3) sold to consumers.
If your community does not pick up recyclable materials from your home, ask your family to take them to a nearby recycling center.
Here are some ways you can reduce waste and reuse items. Can you think of others?
Americans throw away the equivalent of more than 30 million trees in newsprint each year. Thirty million trees would fill more than 17,000 acres. That's the size of 200 Disneylands! Recycle your old newspapers. Recycling one 4-foot-high stack of newspapers will save a good-sized tree.
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