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Recycling

These days it is recognised that it is important that children know how to help the environment by recycling, and schools do a pretty good job! Consequently children are often the instigators and policemen of recycling in the home. If they are not, are if you think the children you know need a little nudge in the right direction, you can find plenty of inspiration on our Recycling pages!

Teach kids the three R's:

• Reduce - reduce the amount of things you buy and use and you will have less to throw away

• Reuse - keep using the same things as many times as you can

• Recycle - find new ways to use old things

Recycling coloring pages (Activity Village)

Recycling posters to print
A fun collection of printable recycling posters to help you remind your kids to recycle - or to designate recycling areas around the house, school or classroom.

Recycling crafts

Recycling origami
Turn old newspapers, magazines and gift wrap into useful and attractive household objects!

Create A Home Recycling Center
Recycling is a small way you can help the environment and is being offered in more cities and towns across the county. Unfortunately, just the thought of recycling can add to the sense of overwhelm and prevent you from making it part of your daily life. Following the 8 steps, one by one, can guide you to make this simple impact into an effortless routine

Recycling links to enjoy

General links 

An excellent place to start, this informative UK website has much information about recycling specifically for schoolchildren
http://www.recycle-more.co.uk/schools/homepage.aspx

Ideas to encourage kids to start a “Green Club” at their school
http://www.alupro.org.uk/green%20club.htm

Recycling Glass is a UK website just for kids which explains why we should recycle glass products. There are fun facts, quizzes, games and more. Teachers can apply for a free CD Rom too.
http://www.recyclingglass.co.uk/

Excellent website – lots of info, games, and activities for children and educators
http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/

A new look at recycling and looking after the planet with kids from this UK website NEW!
http://www.ecofriendlykids.co.uk/

Interesting website, probably more suited to slightly younger children than above site, fun facts, info and some games
http://www.olliesworld.com/uk/index.html

Learn all about Earth Day with Time For Kids (includes an online game and printable resources for teachers
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/
specials/articles/1,28285,1601801,00.html

Make

Newspaper puppets - great fun! NEW!
http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/ys/crafts/NEWSPUP1.HTM

Make your own worm pal
http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/fun_n_games/
activities/crafts/craft_worm_pal.html

Recycle those old magazines, scraps and odds and ends in to a creative collage
http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/fun_n_games/
activities/crafts/craft_collage.html

Make a simple recycling box for your room
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/printables/funmakes/
tommyzoom/recycling/index.shtml

Make your own paper by recycling paper in this project
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/fun_n_games/printables/
activities/assets/science_nature/paper_making.pdf

Reuse a plastic milk bottle by making it in to a bird feeder
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/quest/pdfs/unit2/chap1/u2-1_reuse-birds.pdf

Recycle plastic drinks bottles in to puppets
http://www.recycle-more.co.uk/images/static/schools/pdf/sp_plastic_bottle.pdf

Make a litter bug from an old egg carton
http://www.zoomschool.com/crafts/earthday/litterbug/

Print

Learn about plastic bottle recycling in the UK with this excellent printable fact sheet NEW!
http://www.recoup.org/shop/asp/product.asp?product=9&cat=68&ph=&keywords=&recor=&SearchFor=&PT_ID=

Here is an excellent poster to print out about recycling glass NEW!
http://www.britglass.org.uk/Files/LocalAuthorities/GlassPoster.pdf

Super coloring page/worksheets to print out from Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling organisation, in the UK. NEW!
http://www.alupro.org.uk/KS2%20project.htm 

Print these excellent sets of signs and posters of recycling tips and reminders
http://www.planetpals.com/pprecycle.html

Print this helpful list to remind you of ways to reduce waste when shopping
http://www.planetpals.com/pdfimages/precycle.pdf

A fun poster to inspire you – What On Earth Can You Do With An Old Jelly Jar?
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/pdfs/jjposter.pdf

Print out this writing paper with a recycling theme
http://www.primarygames.com/print_zone/stationery/older/earthday.htm

And this writing paper is suitable for younger writers
http://www.primarygames.com/print_zone/stationery/planet_earth.htm

Lots of printable bookmarks with a recycling theme
http://www.primarygames.com/print_zone/bookmarks/
earth_day/earth_day.htm

Print and make

Print and play this recycling-themed bingo game
http://www.recycleforhampshire.org.uk/schools/pdfs/cd_bingo.pdf

Do

Find your way through the maze to put the bottle into the recycling bin
http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/mazeearthday3.pdf

Can you solve this environment-themed word search puzzle?
http://www.abcteach.com/wordpuzzles/WordSearches/environment.htm

A recycling word search
http://www.abcteach.com/wordpuzzles/WordSearches/recycle.htm

Waste No Words in this on-line crossword puzzle
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/games/crossword/index.htm

A great selection of printable puzzles – crossword, spot the difference, secret code and more
http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/PencilPuzzles/EarthDay/index.html

Learn

Find out all about worms and how they can help recycle household waste
http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/worm/index.html

More about vermicomposting (composing with worms), including games, songs and printables
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/worms.htm

Carry out this investigation into the packaging that you bring into your home
http://www.recycleforhampshire.org.uk/schools/pdfs/cd_packaging.pdf

Find out how plastic bottles are recycled with this Follow That Bottle! worksheet
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/quest/pdfs/unit2/chap2/u2-2_bottle.pdf

Can you identify these recycling symbols?
http://www.recycle-more.co.uk/images/static/schools/pdf/name.pdf

Enjoy

Enjoy this slide show introducing composting to children
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/sustainable/slidesets/kidscompost/cover.html

Have fun reading this on-line comic book – Adventures of the Garbage Gremlin
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/recycle/gremlin/gremlin.htm

Listen (and sing along if you wish) to The Ecology Song
http://members.aol.com/Ramola15/song.html

Send a free e-card – these Earth Day cards all have a recycling theme suitable for any time of year
http://postcards.primarygames.com/earth_day.htm

Watch this video about a recycling centre (and learn what happens to aluminium cans and glass bottles)
 
NB: Please do not allow your children to browse online video sites unsupervised.

Play

Help put the rubbish in the correct recycling bin
http://www.recycleforhampshire.org.uk/schools/fun.php?schoolssection=fun&subsection=mishmashtrash

Practise sorting the rubbish with Barnaby Bear – a fun game for younger children
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/barnabybear/games/recycle.shtml

Help Anita clean out her room – do you know where all the rubbish should go?
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/waste/clean_room/index.cfm#

Can you help Dump Town reduce its waste? – a great game for older children
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/barnabybear/games/recycle.shtml

Unjumble these recycling signs in this on-line game
http://www.recycle-more.co.uk/games/jumble/jumframe.html

Play against Mr. Recycle-more in this on-line memory game
http://www.recycle-more.co.uk/games/memory/memory.html 

Download

Download some fun wallpapers or screen savers for your computer
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/fun_n_games/downloads/index.cfm

Lots of fun recycling and waste prevention clip art
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/gallery/wasteprev/

Download this recycling activity with lots of puzzles and coloring pages plus lots of information about recycling
http://www.p2pays.org/recycleguys/games.asp

Color

Recycling coloring pages (other websites)

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