Reduce, reuse, recycle

Worksheet: Reduce, reuse, recycle

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Answer the questions.

1. Which of these goes in the paper recycling bin?
   a) A banana peelb) A broken toyc) A dirty tissued) An old newspaper
2. Where should an empty plastic bottle go?
   a) Down the sinkb) In the recycling binc) In the toiletd) Under the bed
3. Which of these can be recycled?
   a) A metal canb) A used tissuec) Chewed gumd) Leftover food
4. What does a recycling bin help us do?
   a) Keep food freshb) Make more rubbishc) Make old things into new thingsd) Water the plants
5. A jam jar is made of which material?
   a) Glassb) Metalc) Paperd) Wool
6. Which material is a soup tin made of?
   a) Cottonb) Glassc) Metald) Paper
7. Which is a way to reuse an empty jar?
   a) Keep pencils in itb) Kick it like a ballc) Use it as a pillowd) Wear it as a shoe
8. What can you do with a cardboard box to reuse it?
   a) Eat it for lunchb) Make a toy housec) Pour water in itd) Put it in the oven
9. What should you do when you finish washing your hands?
   a) Fill the sink and leaveb) Leave the tap runningc) Turn off the tapd) Turn the tap on more
10. When you leave an empty room, what should you do?
    a) Leave the light onb) Turn off the lightc) Turn on every lightd) Turn on the radio
11. We should leave the tap running while we brush our teeth.
    a) Trueb) False
12. Reusing a bag again is a good way to reduce rubbish.
    a) Trueb) False
13. Glass bottles can be recycled.
    a) Trueb) False
14. In 'reduce, reuse, recycle', what does reduce mean?
15. Name one material that can go in a recycling bin.
16. Why should we turn off lights we do not need?