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Recycling SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Changing world
pp.50–51

Recycling means reusing garbage or making it into new ▸ ▸ Climate change
things rather than burning it or burying it in the ground. p.60
Everything from paper, glass, metal, and plastic to phones ▸ ▸ Computers p.71

and computers can be recycled. The more we recycle our ▸ ▸ Metals p.162
waste, the less we damage our planet. ▸ ▸ Plastic p.195
▸ ▸ Pollution p.198

Paper and Food waste
cardboard Leftover food can
Old paper and cardboard be fed to animals, such
can be mashed up in as pigs or chickens, or
water, then rolled used to make compost
flat and dried to to help plants grow.
make new paper
products.

Plastic Metal
Most of the plastic Cans can be melted
we throw away can be down. They are either
chopped up, melted remade into more cans
down, and re-formed or used to make other
into new items. metal goods.

Glass Electronics
Bottles and jars Devices such as
made of glass can be phones and laptops
cleaned and used again can be repaired or have
or melted down to make their valuable metal
new glass objects. parts taken out
to be reused.

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