2.5.20

Recycling

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Humans need to stop using as much of the Earth’s natural resources as possible. This can be done by the 3 Rs.

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Reduce

  • Reduce the amount of waste produced.
  • Reduce the number of resources that we use.
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Reuse

  • Reuse materials rather than throwing them away.
  • Use products such as plastic drinks bottles more than once.
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Recycle

  • Rather than throwing away materials so they go straight to landfill, some can be recycled.
  • Recycling makes old materials into new materials that can be used again.
  • We are able to recycle many materials by our roadside rubbish collections, such as:
    • Glass.
    • Paper and card.
    • Plastics.
    • Cans.

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1Biology

1.1Cells, Tissues & Organs

1.2Reproduction & Variation

1.3Ecological Relationships & Classification

1.4Digestion & Nutrition

1.5Plants & Photosynthesis

1.6Biological Systems & Processes

2Chemistry

2.1Particles

2.2Chemical Reactions

2.3Atoms, Elements, Compounds

2.4The Periodic Table

2.5Materials & the Earth

2.6Reactivity

2.7Energetics

2.8Properties of Materials

3Physics

3.1Energy

3.2Forces & Motion

3.3Waves

3.4Electricity & Magnetism

3.5Matter

3.6Space Physics

4Thinking Scientifically

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