| Getting children to use recycling containers | | | | up and dump recycling containers that are already |
| consistently can be a bit of a challenge at first - | | | | full. Each day they do their job successfully, they |
| particularly in schools, youth centers, and other | | | | earn a sticker on a 'green chart' that can be used |
| organizations where there is a large number of | | | | to earn privileges and prizes. |
| children. Bins for recycling are a great place to | | | | Games |
| start when it comes to showing children the | | | | Adding games into green activities are ideal for |
| importance of helping the environment and | | | | educating children and satisfying their curiosity for |
| incorporating eco-friendly practices into their daily | | | | the world around them. In a classroom setting, |
| life. Studies show that the younger the children | | | | for instance, let kids ball up the paper that would |
| are when they start, the more likely they are to | | | | normally be tossed in bins for recycling. Line up |
| stick with it. | | | | the balls in a circle around the classroom so they |
| Make A Fun Delivery | | | | can see how much they use in a day. |
| One of the greatest ways to incorporate | | | | You can even make it into a contest to see how |
| recycling container into children's lives is to have | | | | short they can make the line by reusing paper or |
| fun getting the materials into the bins. It also gives | | | | using alternatives. This gives the kids an |
| you a chance to add science into the equation. | | | | opportunity to come up with solutions (using chalk |
| Get the kids together to design an 'amazing | | | | boards or miniature white boards) to cut down on |
| machine' with various materials such as | | | | the amount of waste they make each day. |
| Styrofoam cups, strings, marbles, and plastics. | | | | Another twist on this idea is to let kids design |
| Paper, for example, can then be crumpled into a | | | | their own recycling containers. They can use |
| ball and sat in a 'truck'. The truck can make falls | | | | shoeboxes, cereal boxes, milk jugs, or other |
| and jumps, go through tunnels, and over obstacles | | | | materials. See how creative they can be making |
| on its way to the bins for recycling. This gives | | | | their bins and how empty they can keep them. |
| children an insight into basic physics, have fun | | | | Bins for recycling are a quick and easy way to |
| putting it all together, and testing it. | | | | instill green living in the lives of children. They will |
| Let Kids Help | | | | grow up respecting the environment and learn to |
| Let children help when it comes to sorting and | | | | make conscious decisions about their actions. |
| emptying bins for recycling. Each day, designate a | | | | Once recycling containers are in full use, |
| few children as 'earth officers'. They can make | | | | incorporate these ideas into other eco-friendly |
| sure that all of the used materials go into the bin. | | | | activities and watch the kids flourish while they |
| At the end of the day, they can help you sort | | | | learn to save the earth. |
| items from small bins into the larger ones for pick | | | | |