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How Can You Help The Environment?. Hayley Blount. WANT TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT?. Remember the following words: Reduce Reuse Recycle. REDUCE. Reduce means to limit the amount of things we throw away. One way to reduce trash is to use reusable containers instead of plastic or paper bags.
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How Can You Help The Environment? Hayley Blount
WANT TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT? Remember the following words: • Reduce • Reuse • Recycle
REDUCE • Reduce means to limit the amount of things we throw away. • One way to reduce trash is to use reusable containers instead of plastic or paper bags. Use reusable water bottles instead of buying water in plastic bottles. This will save money and help the environment.
REUSE Pencil Jar • Reuse means to use an object again instead of throwing it away. Some items that you can reuse are plastic bags, glass containers, gift bags, and soda bottles Flower Vases Storage Containers
RECYCLE • To recycle means to take a product that can no longer be used and have it sent to a recycling center to be broken down and made into something entirely new.
How does this help the environment? • Reduces the amount of waste in landfills • Helps to keep our planet clean for future generations • Saves energy when extra products are not being created • Conserves our natural resources • Prevents pollution
This is what we are doing to our environment. These are land fields.
Even You Can Help! What can you do? Reduce Reuse Recycle
References Blount, H. (2011). Powerpoint presentation. Used for partial completion of requirements for UWA Online Class ED505, Spring Term 2011. Google Images. (2011). Images. Retrieved February 27, 2011 from http://www.google.com/imghp NIEHS. (2012). Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Retrieved February 27, 2011 from http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/recycle.htm U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2010). Wastes-resource conservation-reduce, reuse, recycle. Retrieved February 27, 2011 from http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/rrr/recycle.htm