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Hidden in the sanitary landfill at right
are some real trashy items. Each is
represented by a symbol shown below.
How many of each item can you find?
Put the numbers on the lines under the
matching symbols. (One is done for you.)
The numbers tell you the approximate
percentage of each kind of material found
in landfills in the United States. If the numbers
add up to 100, you've found all the trash!
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 for all the letters hidden in colored
 boxes. Matching box colors, fill in each
 box below with the corresponding letter.
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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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