This document lists and describes common recyclable materials found in communities. It defines recycling as the process of converting waste materials into reusable objects to reduce waste and environmental impacts. The document then lists paper, plastic, metal, and glass materials that are recyclable, including items like office paper, magazines, plastic bottles and containers, aluminum cans, and glass jars and bottles. It also includes a matching exercise to associate example recyclable items with the proper material category of paper, plastic, metal, or glass.
6. Recycling is the process of
converting waste materials into
reusable objects to prevent waste of
potentially useful materials, reduce
the consumption of fresh raw
materials, energy usage, air
pollution (from incineration) and
water pollution (from land filling) by
7. and lowering greenhouse gas
emissions compared to plastic
production. Recycling is a key
component of modern waste
reduction and is the third
component of the "reduce,
reuse, repair, recover and
8. List of Recyclable materials that can
be found in the community
Paper:
1.all office paper
2.white paper
3.colored paper
4.newspaper (bags and strings
removed)
9. 5.magazines (all types)
6.catalogs (all types)
7.phonebooks (all types)
8.junk mail
9.paperboard
10.tissue boxes
11.heavy weight folders
12.paper towel and toilet paper rolls
10. 13.food packaging (unwaxed only
please)
14.shredded paper (in plastic bag to
minimize blow-away potential)
15.paper milk, juice and soy milk
cartons (should be empty)
16.books: all soft cover, hard covers
should be ripped off
11. Plastic
1.All plastics numbers 1-7 (NO
styrofoam, which is sometimes
labeled #5)
2. food and beverage containers
3. screw top jars
4. deli-style containers
5.clam-shell take-out containers
15. 7.milk jugs
8. soap bottles
9. clean grocery and retail plastic
bags (no other type accepted)
10.plastic jugs/bottles: soda
bottles, laundry detergent jugs
16. Metal
1. metal and tin beverage containers
2. metal and tin food containers
3. aluminum foil
4. aluminum take-out containers
5.aluminum pie plates and trays
6kitchen cookware: metal pots, pans,
tins and utensils
17. Glass
1.All colored glass bottles and jars
2. clear glass
3. green glass
4. brown glass
5. blue glass
6. glass food containers
7. beer and wine bottles
18. Write the proper heading for each word below.
Choose inside the parenthesis.
(METAL,GLASS,PAPER,PLASTIC)
____1.green glass
____2.paperboard
____3.aluminum pie plates and trays
____4. milk jugs
____5.kitchen cookware: metal pots,
pans, tins and utensils
21. Write the proper heading for each word below.
Choose inside the parenthesis.
(METAL,GLASS,PAPER,PLASTIC)
____1.green glass
____2.paperboard
____3.aluminum pie plates and trays
____4. milk jugs
____5.kitchen cookware: metal pots,
pans, tins and utensils