Shadowing Practice: Recycling for Kids | Learn how to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Recycling for Kids Do you have a special bin box in your classroom where you place your used papers?
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Have you ever seen garbage cans in restaurants and on the street that say recycle?
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At home or at school, you may be encouraged to recycle things like bottles,
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paper and other items when you're finished with them instead of just throwing them into the trash.
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But what is recycling?
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Recycling is taking used materials like cans,
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plastics, newspapers, magazines, and glass bottles and turning them into new products that we can use again.
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So why is recycling important?
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Well, instead of making an entirely new item each time we need something like plastic jugs, bottles and cardboard.
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With recycling, we can use plastic jugs, bottles and cardboard, and make new things.
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Used plastic jugs that hold things like milk can be cleaned, melted down, and made into new jugs.
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Glass bottles can be crushed and melted and then formed into new glass bottles.
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Cardboard can be chopped up, washed, and heated to make things like cereal boxes, paper towels, and tissues.
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Recycling also protects natural resources like trees, minerals, and oil.
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For example, most paper is made from trees.
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But if old paper is recycled, fewer trees are needed to create new paper.
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Recycling also uses less energy.
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It reduces pollution in the air, water, and land, which protects the environment and the earth.
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There are three steps for successful recycling.
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First, items to be recycled need to be collected.
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You might have noticed that in addition to your regular trash cans or bins, you may have a blue or green can too.
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Lots of communities provide these cans in addition to the regular trash cans.
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You can put your recyclable items in these cans.
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They are then picked up by big trucks, like your trash.
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But unlike your trash, the items in the recyclable cans are taken to the recycling centers.
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Second, the items must be sorted into different categories like paper, glass, aluminum, and plastic.
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That's because each material is recycled differently from the other.
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So it's important to keep the paper with the paper and the plastic with the plastic.
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Third, the recycled items must be processed at a recycling plant in special ways depending on what the item is.
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For example, magnets are used to separate different types of cans, and then they are washed and smashed.
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After that, the cans are melted down in a hot furnace, and then the metal is formed into something new.
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Paper, on the other hand, is chopped into tiny pieces, then turned into a pulp by adding water.
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After that, it's bleached, and chemicals are added.
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Then it's ready to be made into new paper.
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Pretty neat, huh?
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One of the goals of recycling is to reduce waste.
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When you think about the ways you can help cut down on waste, remember these three R's.
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Reduce, reuse, and recycle.
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We've already talked a lot about recycling, but what about the other two R's?
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To reduce simply means to cut back on the amount of trash you make.
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Instead of getting a new piece of paper every time you want to draw a picture, try using the back of an old piece of paper.
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If you bring home lunch to school, instead of using plastic bags for your lunch items, try using containers that can be washed and reused again.
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Reusing is finding a new way to use trash so that you don't have to throw it out.
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For example, you could make an empty plastic milk jug into a bird feeder.
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You can also see if something is fixable before you decide to toss it out and get a new one.
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Add recycling to those other two R's
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and you've got three great ways to help the environment and decrease the amount of trash in our landfills.
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The best part?
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It's something that you can work on every day.
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And it can be fun too!
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Here are some other ideas on how to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
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Ask your parents to bring their own reusable bags to the grocery store, instead of using the plastic ones.
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Instead of throwing out your old socks, make a sock puppet or a sock snake.
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Think of an item in your house, like empty cereal boxes, that can be recycled or used in an art project.
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Donate your old clothes that don't fit anymore.
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You could give them to a friend, a cousin, or another family member.
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Or take them to a place that accepts clothing donations near you.
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Don't forget to ask your parents for help.
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There are a lot of things that can be recycled.
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Tin cans, cereal boxes, glass jars, newspapers, and mailers.
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Even used car tires can be recycled into rubber mulch for your school playground.
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But there are also some things that cannot be recycled,
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so it's important to know if something can or cannot be recycled before you put them into the recycling bin.
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Even if you haven't recycled before, you can begin today.
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Get a clean garbage can or box and put a recycle label on it.
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And remember to reduce, reuse and recycle.
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When you do, you're helping to save the planet.
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