| There's a lot of waste in the world. When things | | | | form and can be used over and over again. |
| start to pile up, we move them into dumps. When | | | | Metal can be recycled as well, but different metals |
| dumps get full, we create more dumps. Recycling | | | | go to different places. For instance, tin cans can |
| helps to reduce the amount of waste in the | | | | go to a regular recycling plant, but heavy metals |
| world, which helps keep things cleaner, and | | | | such as refrigerators and metal cabinets will have |
| hopefully, at some point, everything made will | | | | to go to smelting centers. Things such as |
| somehow be recyclable. | | | | refrigerators, by the way, aren't totally recyclable, |
| We haven't reached that point yet, however, so | | | | because certain parts have chemicals running |
| we have to be conscious of the types of things | | | | through them that need to be disposed of safely, |
| that can be recycled. And there's a lot of things | | | | and if the metals have been corroded it's really |
| we can look at. | | | | not safe to recycle them. |
| Paper is one of those things that can be recycled. | | | | It's best if you can separate recyclable material |
| Add enough water to paper and it becomes pulp, | | | | from your regular garbage. It makes it easier to |
| which can then be mashed and mixed and turned | | | | separate later on. In some areas, garbage isn't |
| into paper again. The paper comes out a little bit | | | | sorted, and no one goes through it to see what |
| different, but it's still usable. | | | | might have been recyclable or not. That wastes |
| Glass is also reusable. Glass can be reheated and | | | | resources that could be used again. All it takes is |
| melted and used again. Glass is one of the cleaner | | | | a little bit of effort to help make the world a |
| reusable objects because it returns to its pure | | | | cleaner place to live. |