Joe+-+Reduce,+Reuse,+Recycle

=**You should reduce, reuse, and recycle more to save the earth.**= [] Reducing means cutting down on the amount of garbage or trash is made. The best way to reduce is to only buy items you only need.

Reuse means using something again than throwing it out. That usually means finding a new use, such as making a jelly jar into a drinking glass.

Recycling takes materials from items you have finished using and makes them into brand new products. For example, most aluminum cans are made with recycled aluminum.

Try to convince your parents to get a recycling bin, if you don't have one.

At the supermarket try to use a reuseable bags instead of plastic and paper bags.

You should try to have a library card so you can read books instead of wathcing TV.

Here are the top 10 recycling countrys [] 1. Switzerland 52% 2. Austria 49.7% 3. Sweden 48% 4. Germany 47% 5. Finland 47.7% 6. Netherlands 46% 7. Japan 42% 8. US 31.5% 9. France 31% 10. Norway 30%

Here are some websites that you can go to find facts about reduce, reuse, and recycle. [|www.brainPOPjr.com] [|www.nrdc.org] []

When I was in second grade a person from the recycling company came to told us about recycling. I asked what did they do with the old paper. The lady said that they put the old paper into a landfill. To me that is really cheap. If you look at my chart you will see that the US is 8th in recycling, now I know what they mean.