Around the world, families sort their rubbish into different bins. Each one becomes something new:
📄 Paper → newspapers, books, boxes again
🧴 Plastic → new bottles, fleece jumpers, park benches
🥫 Metal → new cans (a can can become a new can in 60 days)
🍌 Food → compost, then plant fertiliser
Tap the right bin for each item. See how many you can get right!
Every plastic bottle thrown in the bin (not the recycling bin) is one bottle that might end up in the sea, where a sea turtle might eat it. The bottle thrown in the right bin becomes — eventually — a new bottle, or a fleece jacket, or a park bench.
Recycling is good — but the very best thing is to not need a thing in the first place. Bring a water bottle. Say no to plastic straws. Use a tote bag. Eat the apple before it goes brown.
Earth has been here for 4.5 billion years. We've only been around for a tiny moment of that. Look after it for the next people.