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Reuse Your Trash! |
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Welcome to the "Reuse Your Trash" exploration module. Here you can see some different ways to reduce the amount of trash in our landfills by both reducing and reusing your trash before you throw it away!
Every year, the average American creates 1,825 pounds of garbage a year!
If we could all reduce just a small amount of the garbage we place in the landfill, it would add up to a significant difference. EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS!
Have you ever thought of how you can reduce the amount of garbage you throw away?
Read on to find out how you can help, and be a TRASH TERMINATOR!
Do you get a lot of junk mail? How much of it do you actually read?
Would you like to learn how to stop recieving so much junk mail?
Click here to find out how!
Here are some ways you can reduce your garbage!
Buy fewer items
Buy only the items you really need
Buy items with little or no packaging
Buy items that will last a long time...
Can you think of any other ways to reduce your garbage?
Below is a list of common household trash, and an exampl of a way to reuse
it.
Can you think of any other trash you can reuse before you throw it away?
Can you think of other ways to reuse the trash listed below?
| Newspaper | Newspapers can be used to house train a new puppy! |
| Glass Jars | Glass Jars can be used to store scews and nails. |
| Plastic Bottles | Plastic Bottles can be used for mixing and storing fertilizers and pesticides. |
| Leftover Food | Leftover Food can be turned into COMPOST and used in your yard and garden. |
| Tinfoil | Sometimes Tinfoil can be reused, or cleaned and reused to wrap other things. |
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