o
o
o
o
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Solid Waste
and Emergency Re~
(5305W)
EPA530-K-98-002
September 1998
www.epa.gov/os1
-------
-------
"rOvcik r. Ihg Cllf.,+ ,.,
3^ ^WCef . T- *'^t
-------
fee if you ca*
vu/tli their correct
the
_Refov/rcef
_Recyclable
JToxk
A. Material; /^adle by *at^e tKat are ^ece;;ary ^or life (aUo called
material;).
e. TKe Lett
or recycled material;, co^;>//^er; b>/y tKe;e every
-------
Acroff
1. Refrigerator;, televi;io*;, kair 4ryer;,
carpet;, a«4 tire; are example; of
------- prori|v/ctf. Tkey ca* la;t a
LO*CJ tJ/^e before you 4i;po;e of tkem.
7. To u;e ;ometki«<3 a^ai* for tke ;ame
purpo;e or a «e^ purpo;e.
?. A fixture of rilecayedl foo4 ;crap;,
Leaver, a*4 cjra;;. Ca« be v/fe4 i«
yov/r cjaMe« a; fertilizer.
10. Yov/ ca« ------ oW toy;, oW
fv/rwit^re, art ;^ppLie;, a«4 book; to
;cKooL;, co/">/"vwity center;, Librarie;,
or friew4; i«;tea4 of tKro^oi^ tKe/^
a^ay.
11. Co/^e i^ dji;po;abLe a^4 rechargeable
varietie;. Are ^e^ i^ coMLe;; pKo^e;,
portable ra^lio;, camera;, a*4
1. If you bv/y o«e Larcje ba^ of potato chp; i«;tea4 of five ;/^aLL ba^;, you are bv/yiwcj i« ---- . Ma«y
;v/per/">arket; Kave ---- foool ;ectio«; ^kere you ca« ;coop out tke a/^ouwt you ^a«t a«4 therefore
reduce
3. Your ^oorUI, ;urrouwo|i«c];, a«o| ;0urce of Life a«4 KeaLtk Ma4e up of air, ^ater, la«4, pLa«t;, a«i/^aL;,
a«4 people.
4. Ma«y ite/^; fou«d| i« your ----- ca« be recycle^ i«to valuable «e^o product;.
5. Fo;;il fuel;, ;ucK a; coal, oil, a«4 natural ^a;, ^oKicK are u;e4 to manufacture product; a*4 Keat our
Korne;, Come from tke ----- . Aluminum, iro« ore, a«4 otKer mineral; u;e4 to make bra«4 «e^ product;
come from tKe ;ame place.
G. WKat more tKa« 3,000 commuwitie; 4o ^oitK tKeir «e^;paper;, bottle;, ca«;, a«4 otKer item;.
°i. To o|ecrea;e tKe amount of tra;K you tKro^ a^ay.
fl^e cUe; above a*d place
-------
cUe; provided Mat ite/^; do you recycle
at J-io/^e? If you do*V recycle tl^e/^,
PSUO SNCA
fro^> tke ^etal vy;e4 '/« tkere alreaciy Ka; at leart 15
S G
ou leave it o« tKe
actually ^ake yo^r
vywci /M;teaci
DOAS TTLBOE: TKi; pla;tic product ca« be ^ro^d ,
v;eol i« neater;, jacket;, lo^
^c it a^c
piece; a«o
, it
^PPAE:
S H CI R A :
TS ELC 0 H
G- B S A :
wt k/^ci; ca« be recycleci
parent; office;
TKe;e a^c
clow t uoa
piece; of f^r^i^re ca« be ^ive^ to ;of>eo«e el;e if
you are tKro^cjK ^oitK tkef>, yo^ ca« tear
iMCj, v,;e tKe^> for play, or eve* ^ake a «jyil
for
pla;tic or paper, yo^ ca«
tKey ca« ofte« be recyclecil
a^ai« u«til tKey fall apart.
-------
* PQVMX JUUO by taki^ ™re tka* you vuill XQM
Ure ZXIVQTWX NWQMXV a*d KINV at ioicr.
ZXIVX ba^r Wtead Of MSZUPAYF tke/- QPQL
VSQZX
W RQFQEAYXV voi
7>y to b.y ite^r tkat a^ ZXKLKWQTWX i* yo.K KURRIYAML.
TIL NZUOIKMV tkat a^c /^ao|e voitk ZXKLKWXO /-atemLr.
abo^t
type; 0^ KURNUVMAYF.
Decode there recret /^erra^er. There are all
hi^tr AJ^ thi^r you ca^ do
to Deduce, Ke^re, a*d recycle.
-------
toarte
Recyclable
Toxic
Packaging
Paper
N
P
W
T
J
A
R
E
C
Y
C
L
A
B
L
E
P
P
A
H
E
U
M
E
K
M
T
O
Y
B
0
A
R
R
O
C
O
M
P
0
S
T
I
N
G
G
F
L
Y
S
O
P
K
C
I
B
E
O
C
H
M
R
E
W
M
F
L
D
W
A
S
T
E
F
U
S
P
O
D
J
U
N
K
A
U
A
G
A
U
I
L
R
W
V
G
B
I
R
S
I
N
C
S
I
M
P
R
Y
C
O
N
S
E
R
V
E
C
D
T
H
N
A
W
T
I
E
T
U
D
N
G
T
P
A
F
S
T
G
S
A
O
B
S
R
C
U
E
H
T
L
N
I
A
A
M
I
M
X
T
P
A
P
E
R
P
W
E
S
L
N
M
O
N
R
I
U
M
O
A
C
G
I
S
S
K
L
P
I
T
G
S
C
N
I
C
R
K
Y
J
L
T
I
B
E
Look
up,
the w
to fi*d
boX.
Hidde
-------
A* iteri ured to fake ro/^etk/^ elre ir called a ravu ^ aterial.
are ea;y to ;pot, but /^a^y retire a bit of detective vuork. FOK example,
Look; a^d feeLr Like the a^alV rki^. But a pLartic toy ir /^ade fro^ o'/L, a^d it
t feel ;Li/^yl FoLLovo tl^e ti^a/L fro/^ tl^e ^avo /^atenaL; a^d their cUe; to
of porrible Mpectr beLovo. D^avo a li*e fro/^ the /^atenaL to vohat it become;.
CUe-. What
cjre^o IM the
;o/L ca
Mguo ;o/L, r/
/M yowK Ou
backyard1.
CUe-.
rock; i« the
CUe-. fo^e people
e record;
t/f>e by povyr/wcj
itrelf i;
;a«d'.
CUe-. yp-^r pencil
of
ypyy ca^ v^;c thi;
for drauoi^, too1.
-------
have decoded aLL of the Garbage 6ref4/*V
Novu, to complete your /^/;;/o*, u;e the /^
you kave Leaded to Co/^pLete the puzzLe. F/rft,
each activity a^d T/^d tl^e u^oieKLi^eoi cL^e;. The
to eacli cL^e fit; i* o^e o^ tl^e boxer beLovo. Ca^ you
detect vuliicJi a^fvoe^ cjoe; i^ vol^icli box to clote tl^e Loop?
eacl^ pa^t o^ tl^e Loop
tl^e C^ie^" o^" R.C.
The* ^re tl^e c'/KcLed Letter
to Co/^pLete a rec^et
RecycLe (_
_(_)
) ,
3*d
(_).
(_) .
ItV j"ft a; pLai« a; tke
«ofe o« youK face...
Fill IK ^olio clofe;
"/"I^G Loop a^dl foLvcf
ttie cafe1.
Re^re
(_) .
Reduce
MK __ )5ION AC( __ )OMP( __ )
you HAVE ao( __ }£D THE u __ JOP AMD RE( __ )UCED
YOU ARE AW ( __ )CE R.C. 5LEUTHI 6( __ )EAl J( __ )
)E.
-------
Petectiwg
Page I
ttofte No Word;, Page 3
Warte
Product;
Recyclable
Landfill
ToXIC
Ore
J
A
H
C
£
f
B
6
D
Recycled fcra/^ble,
Page 4
roda bottler
paper
Crack the Code, Page
Hidden Hint;, Page
ood by
tl^a^ you wo/LL eat.
Ure Ke^rabLe plater a^d opr at
pic^icr.
Re^re ba^f Wtead
ld
to buy ite/^r that
recyclable /*
tr t^at a^e
recycled
about di#ere*t type;
N P C
CF A
W H
T E
J u
A M
i E
E K
C M
Y T
C O
L Y (
P
K
C
I
B
E
O
C
H
M
R
; E
A B F W
B O L M
L A Y F
E R SA N P E
Conti»
-------
Material; lW*p, Page 7
Loop, Page
YOU HAVE CLO(_S_)EP THE
YOU ARE AW (AJCE R.C. JLEUTHl 6(J_)EAT J(^L)61
Printed on paper that contains at least 20 percent postconsurner fiber.
------- |