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Clean up spills
with paper towels.
Clean up
spills with
a sponge.
Buy toys
packaged in lots
of cardboard
and plastic.
Buy toys
with little or no
packaging.
After mowing,
leave grass clippings
on lawn or use
for compost.
Buy a fancy container
for your rock collect!
Make a container
for your rock collection
from a shoe box
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Make a compost pile for food scraps and yard trimmings.
They'll decay and turn into humus (HUE-muhss), or natural
fertilizer for plants.
Pictured below are eight steps for building a compost pile,
but they're all mixed up! Put them in the proper order.
Write the letters of the pictures on the dotted lines, next
to the correct numbers. If you get stuck, look at the steps
for composting with the answers on the last page.
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Follow the path of each
squiggly line to match the
number of an object on
the left side with the letter
of a recycled "second-life"
product on the right side.
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Examine the trash pictured below. Then read
the numbered facts. Look for clues in the
trash to figure out details about each family.
On the dotted lines, write the letter of the
family next to the fact that best describes it.
Hint: Each family has more than one fact.
1.... This family has
a baby.
2.... Someone did yard
work recently.
*?.... This family recycles
carefully.
4-.... This household is
planning a trip.
S*.... These people
don't recycle.
6.... Someone eats
a lot of snacks.
7.... Someone reads
lots of newspapers.
?.... These people '
own a puppy.
.... There was a
birthday party
at this house.
Q. What do the
three arrows in this
symbol represent?
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Read the definitions below; then
fill in the correct words. Write the
words in the proper squares.
ACROSS
1. Made to be used
over and over again
4. To break down
into basic elements;
to rot
7. Trash, garbage,
unwanted items and
materials (two words)
8. Potentially
hazardous liquid that
seeps through trash
10. To use a product
more than once
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2. Specially designed
site for burying
garbage
3. To get rid of some-
thing; to throw away
5. To collect and
remake items for use
as a new product
6. A mixture of
organic material
that decomposes,
such as food scraps
and leaves
9. Natural fertilizer
SB, from compost
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Words from "garbage":
The WORLD staff
found 26 words.
You may find more.
Trash and Seek:
textiles 6,
other 1,
paper 30,
plastics 24,
rubber and leather 8,
aluminum 3,
iron and steel 8,
yard trimmings 8,
glass 2,
wood 7,
food scraps 3.
Letters From a Landfill:
reduce, reuse, recycle.
Lost and Found:
Compost Combo:
1.H,2. D, 3. A, 4. C, 5. F,
6. G, 7. B, 8. E.
How to build a compost pile:
1. Choose a level area
about three feet square, out
of direct sunlight.
2. Clear the area of grass.
3. Start with a four-inch-high
layer of leaves, loose soil,
and grass clippings.
4. Add a six-inch-high layer of
food scraps. Don't use meat,
dairy foods, or anything greasy.
5. Alternate layers of soil, grass,
or leaves with layers of food
scraps, until the layers reach
about four feet high.
6. Sprinkle water on the pile
in dry weather, but don't get
the pile soggy.
7. Turn the pile every few
weeks with a pitchfork.
8. In three to six months, after
the pile has become dark and
crumbly, spread compost in
the yard or garden, or use it for
potting soil. Note: Composting
takes several months.
Recycling Around:
1. D (plastic milk jug
to plastic flying disk),
2. E (glass peanut
butter jar to glass
beverage bottle),
3. A (blue jeans
, fabric to paper),
4. C (plastic soda
bottle to fleece jacket),
5. B (rubber tire to
rubber gym mat).
Junior Garbologist:
1. A, 2. B, 3. A, 4. C,
5. C, 6. B, 7. A, 8. B,
9. C.
Waste No Words:
1. reusable, 2. landfill,
3. dispose, 4. decom-
pose, 5. recycle,
6. compost, 7. solid
waste, 8. leachate,
9. humus, TO. reuse.
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