10 Ways to Teach Children To Recycle

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Start when they are small and you will create good recyclers. Teach them the three R’s of the Environment. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle… and our world will be the better for it…

Start a recycling program at pre-school or grade school with the participation of the school.
At home: Make Garbage/Recycling day a fun Family thing to do.
Find ways to recycle old things into new things, make projects out of them.
- Recycle plastic bags into crotchet projects: Check out Myrecycledbags.com
- Go around the house and discover things that are not being used and re-purpose them, and make a contest out of it. Who can find the most things to re-purpose.
Create a poster illustrating the recycling symbols and post it in the garage or wherever you keep your recycles and make it a game with rewards for the kids, to see who knows the symbols best.
Create art day at the house, challenge the kids to make art out of something old instead of throwing it away.
As a fundraising project for school, collect old cell phones with the kids and then sell them to a reseller. Check out : Greenphone
Next time you buy new electronics, start a neighborhood Recycle Your Electronics Drive. Check myGreenElectronics they can help you find an electronics recyclers in your area.
Have them count how many paper towels are used in a day at home, challenge them to find ways to reduce the consumption.
Start a compost bin in the garden, teach them the benefits of composting. Here’s a Composting Guide
Start a new Habit: “Cross the door, Flick the Switch” Meaning if your leaving the room, turn off the lights…

Waste not, want not…(grandma)
For more ideas: Green To Do List

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February 25th, 2008 at 02:00 pm by bibi in Green Kids, Living Green, Recycle, The 3 R's

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Comments

Christy Said,
This is a great post. It is important to include children in our green endeavors.
bibi Said,
Hey Christy,
I agree, like anything else, the earlier we teach our kids the more automatic it becomes. Believe it or not, my brother lives in a city that does not recycle, and when his kids come over to my house I can see how little they know about recycling…

Thanks for stopping by…
Green Living Tara Said,
What a great post! I have 4 children and two of them are just now toddlers, so they are learning. My older 10 year old has learned about global warming in school and he is pretty eager to help recycle. My 4 year old always makes sure if it needs to be in the recycle bin, to tell of anyone who does not put it there.

Our city just started to go green not to long ago and issued everyone recycle bins. Ours always over flows, we may need a few!
bibi Said,
Hey Tara,
It’s great that the new generations are learning so early, so as to not have to undo bad habits.
I find it hard to fathom that there are still cities in this country that don’t have a recycling program. There is still a lot of work to do.

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