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Environmental Protection
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Solid Waste
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(5305WJB
EPA530-K-99-006
September 1999
www.epa.gov/osw/kids.htm
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keep ajar in use and out of orbit On take a
trek around your home on school to find more
ways to reuse old jars on other items.
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store pens and pencils.
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Use me to store leftovers.
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Be a Planet Protector/
Find your own ways to make less trash, and help other people learn to
reduce, reuse, and recycle. Fill in the blanks below with your own ideas.
"Reduce
Hint:
Use products with less packaging, like toys you don't
have to unwrap.
Reuse
Hint:
Reuse scrap paper to draw pictures on make
grocery lists.
Recycle
Hint:
Find out what can be recycled in your community.
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Ch.oo$e to Reduce,
Reu$e, and Recycle.
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as a drinking glass.
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cookie cutter.
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fishing trip fo
txinry live bait.
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