Recycling is the process of collecting and processing materials that would otherwise be thrown away as trash and turning them into new products. Recycling is important because it helps protect the environment, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, reduces the need to harvest new raw materials, and allows products to be used to their fullest extent. Here are some key points about recycling for kids:

• Recycling is taking used materials like cans, plastics, newspapers, magazines, and glass bottles and turning them into new products that we can use again.
• Recycling is a way to take trash and turn it into new products.
• Recycling is actually a complicated process and is different for each type of material.
• There are several types of recycling processes that allow some materials to be used more than once.
• Recycling often saves energy and natural resources.
• When we use materials more than once, we conserve natural resources.
• Making a product from recycled materials almost always requires less energy than it does to make the product from new materials.
• Recycling can help reduce the amount of waste that goes into landfills.
• Recycling can help keep our environment clean by producing less pollution.

Kids can recycle things like bottles, paper, and other items when theyre finished with them instead of just throwing them into the trash. They can also be sure to recycle everything they can in their house and school, and put paper items like the newspaper, cereal boxes, and homework pages into the recycle bin. By recycling, kids can help protect the environment and conserve natural resources for future generations.