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Reduce Reuse and Recycle: Delhi Public School Agra

This document discusses the three R's of reducing waste: reduce, reuse, and recycle. It defines each term and provides examples. Reduce means to use less and create less waste by purchasing less wasteful products. Reuse involves using items more than once rather than throwing them away after single use. Recycling converts waste materials into reusable materials through processing. The document encourages finding new purposes for used items before disposal and provides recycling facts about materials like glass, paper, and plastic.

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Reduce Reuse and Recycle: Delhi Public School Agra

This document discusses the three R's of reducing waste: reduce, reuse, and recycle. It defines each term and provides examples. Reduce means to use less and create less waste by purchasing less wasteful products. Reuse involves using items more than once rather than throwing them away after single use. Recycling converts waste materials into reusable materials through processing. The document encourages finding new purposes for used items before disposal and provides recycling facts about materials like glass, paper, and plastic.

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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL AGRA

Reduce Reuse and


Recycle
REDUCE
 REDUCE: to make something smaller or use
less ,resulting in a smaller amount of waste.
 “Source reduction” is a reducing waste before
You purchase it ,or by purchasing products that
are not wasteful in their packaging or use.
 A key part of waste “reduction” is
“conservation”- using natural resources wisely
and using less than usual in order to avoid waste.
REUSE
 REUSE: to use again or more than once
 Reuse materials and items so that they have
longer life spans and don’t get thrown away
after the first use.
 Many items found around the home can be
used for different purposes.
 So before you throw those items away, think
about how they can be reused.
recycle
 RECYCLE: to convert materials /waste into
reusable material .
 Landfills are full of items that could be
recycled .
 Recycling puts objects through a process that
allows them to be used again
• Newspaper, Cardboard ,Bubble Wrap
Make useful packing material when moving out or
to store items.
•Old Clothes
Can be made into other textile items such as cushion
covers.
•Scrap Paper
Can be used to make notes and sketches. Don’t
forget to recycle it when you no longer need it.
RECYCLING FACTS
 Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a
100-Watt bulb for 4 hours.
 Americans use 4 million plastic bottles every hour.

 Around 200 B.C. the Chinese used fishing nets to create


the world’s very first piece of recycled paper
 Glass never wears out , it can be recycled for ever.
NAME- EKTA DARDA
CLASS- X SECTION- F
ENROLMENT No.- 2009000138
BIOLOGY TEACHER- MS. VINEETA
MANHAR

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