Introduction to Recycling
In this program, students will learn about natural resources, what can be recycled, and how to reduce waste at home and school. Interactive and fun, it’s a great program for any grade level.
This program is a prerequisite for the Virtual Recycling Field Trip. Grades K-12, 45-55 minutes.
For the Introduction to Recycling Vocabulary List, Click Here (PDF)
For the Sort the Trash Cut Out Worksheet Click Here (PDF)
Print Out This Recycle Poster, Click Here (PDF)
Download the Next Generation Science Standards for Introduction to Recycling (PDF).
Design and print your own recycling signs.
Play this interactive bin game to see if you know which item belongs in which cart.
Conduct a classroom waste audit using these instructions (PDF) to find out how much material your classroom or school is sending to the landfill.
All About Recycling. A 26 minute entertaining and informative video about recycling with an emphasis on the heavy equipment used.
At the Garbage Dump. A 26 minute entertaining and informative video about landfills with an emphasis on the heavy equipment used.
Car Wreckers. A 26 minute entertaining and informative video about car recycling with an emphasis on the heavy equipment used.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – 3 R Song. A 3.5 minute video of Jack Johnson singing Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
How to Recycle Glass. A 5 minute informative video about glass recycling.
Kids and Recycling. A 27 minute informative video about recycling.
Battery Recycling. A 26 minute informative video about battery recycling.
What Happens at a Sanitary Landfill? A 28 minute informative video filmed at a landfill.
E-Waste. A 4.5 minute informative video about E-Waste.
Kids Talkin’ Trash. A 13 minute informative video about our waste.
From Oil to Plastic. A 9 minute informative video about making plastic from oil.
How It’s Made: Aluminum Cans. A 5 minute informative video about how aluminum is made. A great follow-up to Introduction to Recycling.
How It’s Made: Glass Bottles. A 5 minute informative video about how glass is made. A great follow-up to Introduction to Recycling.
How It’s Made: Plastic Bottles and Jars. A 5 minute informative video about how plastic is made. A great follow-up to Introduction to Recycling.
How is Paper Made? A 4-minute informative video about how paper is made. A great follow-up to Introduction to Recycling or The TreeMendous Paper Tale.
Zero Waste Family Makes No Household Garbage for 3 Years! A 6 minute informative video about a family living with Zero Waste intentions. A great follow-up to Introduction to Recycling or Zero Waste.
What Really Happens to the Plastic You Throw Away A 4 minute informative video the Story of a Plastic Water Bottle. A great follow-up to Introduction to Recycling or Zero Waste.
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