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Category: Environmental Activities
This publication is designed to educate children about the effects of product reuse and recycling on global climate change. Through a series of word games, the publication describes how children can prevent climate change by reducing solid waste.
Recycling Database
Read More: World.org
There are three important steps to follow to minimize the amount of materials that end up as trash in landfills:
- Reduce - Take the time to purchase products that are packaged responsibly with a minimum of waste.
- Reuse - Find ways to give new life to things that might otherwise end up in the trash. Use the database below to learn how to reuse common household items.
- Recycle - Whenever possible, purchase products that are made from recycled materials. Sort your recyclables and take them to a local recycling center regularly.
Recycle City Offline
Once you have saved the .zip file on your computer, you won't need to be connected to the Internet to explore Recycle City. Just a few more steps:
- Open the folder where you saved the file.
- Double-click on the file, and follow the program's instructions to expand the file.
- A list of the unzipped files should appear on the screen. Double click on "index.html" to open the Recycle City Home Page in your Web browser (remember, you don't need to get on the Internet, even if it asks you to connect).
- Explore the sights! Recycle City should work the same way it does when you're connected to the Internet.
Public Downloads
All items are free to view, share, and download.
Public Downloads - Español (Spanish)
When available, we provide all our content with a Spanish version in our public download section. You can find additional material from sources listed in all our articles.
Download Recycle Activities and Games
Adventure of the Garbage Gremlin Book Educational Recycle Activities
DownloadSize 4.04 MB
Breaking Up with Single-use Plastics Back to School Plastic Challenge UN Environment and Climate Activity Book
DownloadSize 2.5 MB
Environment - Recycle Coloring Book
DownloadSize 206.17 KB
Environment - Recycle Reuse Reduce Coloring Book
DownloadSize 1.34 MB
Environment - Reduce Coloring Book
DownloadSize 229.11 KB
Environment - Reuse Coloring Book
DownloadSize 214.01 KB
Kids Activity and Environment Guide Book
DownloadSize 4.13 MB
Planet Protectors Club Case of the Broken Loop Activity Book
DownloadSize 838.43 KB
Planet Protectors Club Case of the Broken Loop Activity Book - Spanish
DownloadSize 725.32 KB
Planet Protectors Club Follow That Trail Activity Book
DownloadSize 1.21 MB
Planet Protectors Club Follow That Trail Activity Book - Spanish
DownloadSize 2.65 MB
Planet Protectors Club Trash and Climate Change Activity Book
DownloadSize 378.8 KB
Planet Protectors Club Trash and Climate Change Activity Book - Spanish
DownloadSize 397.49 KB
Planet Protectors Create Less Waste in the First Place Activity Book
DownloadSize 386.04 KB
Planet Protectors Create Less Waste in the First Place Activity Book - Spanish
DownloadSize 377.78 KB
Recycle City Activities and Games
DownloadSize 7.01 MB
Recycle City Website
DownloadSize 2.16 MB
Recycling Posters Activity Book
DownloadSize 6.26 MB
Download Recycle Community Resources
10 Amazing Things Made Out of Recycled Goods Presentation and Activities
DownloadSize 4.28 MB
A Recycled Arts and Crafts Guide Book
DownloadSize 674.37 KB
About Recycling - Fun And Not So Fun Facts
DownloadSize 312.58 KB
All Green Electronics Recycling - Certified Electronics Recycling and Disposal
DownloadSize 209.28 KB
Basic Recycling Chart and Guidelines
DownloadSize 4.28 MB
Basic Recycling Infographic about Municipal Solid Waste
DownloadSize 29.17 MB
Battery Recycling Guide
DownloadSize 351.72 KB
Call2Recycle Program Overview Sheet
DownloadSize 776.71 KB
Commons Green Open Educational Resources Collections
DownloadSize 422.62 KB
Earth911 Find Local Recycling Information
DownloadSize 181.22 KB
Gadget Salvation - Sell Your Electronics
DownloadSize 343.51 KB
How To Celebrate Global Recycling Day on March 18th
DownloadSize 623.66 KB
K-12 to College Courses Commons Green Open Educational Resources (OER)
DownloadSize 407.88 KB
Recycling - The Seventh Resource Manifesto
DownloadSize 4.72 MB
Recycling Goals Challenge Infographic
DownloadSize 817.95 KB
Recycling Seven Promises Infographic
DownloadSize 1.17 MB
Schedule a Charity Donation Pick Up – DonationTown
DownloadSize 216.21 KB
Secret Life of Batteries- Drop-off Locations
DownloadSize 5.2 MB
The CD Recycling Center of America
DownloadSize 6.49 MB
The CD Recycling Center of America - Proper Destruction Presentation
DownloadSize 12.48 MB
The Free Repair Manuals
DownloadSize 326.95 KB
Trash Free Waters Fact Sheet Marine Debris
DownloadSize 434.9 KB
What Can I Recycling
DownloadSize 1.81 MB
What Do Recycling Symbols on Plastics Mean
DownloadSize 222.49 KB
Recycle City Online
There's lots to do here - people and places to visit and plenty of ways to explore how the city's residents recycle, reduce, and reuse waste.
To get started, just click on any section of Recycle City that you want to tour, or click on the Dumptown Game. You can create your own Recycle City scavenger hunt or go to the Activities area and see other ways you can explore.
When you leave this place, you'll know much more about what you can do to help protect the environment. Have fun!
Read More: EPA Recycle City
Sample Goals
Reduce the amount of paper going into the landfill as much as possible, and spend as little money as possible.
Remove as much organic waste from the waste stream as you can.
Set an overall spending limit ($200,000, for example) and find out which combination of programs within your budget achieves the most waste reduction.
How much waste can be removed from the waste stream using programs that have no cost to the city?
What is the optimum combination of programs for the city? (This is a hard one, and it may take up to an hour to try all the programs and determine the cost/benefit of them all.)
