Recycling

10/10/2020 8:01:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • Recycling is a process to create new items from old and used materials. This helps in reducing energy and potentially useful materials from being wasted.
  • Recycling 1 glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt light bulb for 4 hours.
  • If we recycled all newspapers, we could save over 250 million trees each and every year.

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Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

  • Where is garbage taken to after you throw it away?
  • Which takes up more space in landfills than any other thing?

Where is garbage taken to after you throw it away?

  • It is burned and buried in each household.
  • It is collected at the back yard for recycling.
  • It is mostly sent to a landfill.

Which takes up more space in landfills than any other thing?

  • Recycle bins
  • Paper
  • Wood pulp

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Recycling

Have you ever thought about the fact that most of what you own will one day be thrown out? Think about your clothes, the TV, and the stove. They will tear or break down. Or you may just want to get new, better things. But where do things go when you throw them out?

The bad news is that most of it goes to a landfill. A is a big hole in the ground. It may have a or plastic liner. This liner keeps chemicals from seeping into the groundwater around the landfill. Trash trucks filled with all the things that people throw out go to the landfill. They dump their loads into the hole. Bulldozers cover everything with soil. But there is a better way. And since we are of landfill space, more people are doing it.

The better way is recycling. lets many things be used again. Give away an old TV or stove. They can be fixed so that someone else can use them. Clothes can be sent to people who need them. Most glass, paper, plastic, and metal is . When people recycle these things, it helps the environment. It saves space in landfills. (Paper takes up more space in landfills than any other thing!) And instead of wasting these materials, they get used again.

Some people have recycle bins. They put their paper, metal, glass, and plastic into the bin. A special truck takes these things to a processing center. Other people must drive to a recycling center and drop off their things.

What happens at the recycling center? Paper is shredded and then mixed with water and wood pulp to make new paper. Glass, metal, and plastics are melted down. Then they are poured into molds to form new things. Glass jars are melted down and become new glass jars. Recycling lets things be used .

Source: Daily Warm-ups Reading Grade 3

Read and answer the following questions.

Recycling

Waste bins of sorted garbage, trash for recycling. Image: fr.depositphotos.com

Have you ever thought about the fact that most of what you own will one day be thrown out? Think about your clothes, the TV, and the stove. They will tear or break down. Or you may just want to get new, better things. But where do things go when you throw them out?

The bad news is that most of it goes to a landfill. A landfill is a big hole in the ground. It may have a concrete or plastic liner. This liner keeps chemicals from seeping into the groundwater around the landfill. Trash trucks filled with all the things that people throw out go to the landfill. They dump their loads into the hole. Bulldozers cover everything with soil. But there is a better way. And since we are running out of landfill space, more people are doing it.

The better way is recycling. Recycling lets many things be used again. Give away an old TV or stove. They can be fixed so that someone else can use them. Clothes can be sent to people who need them. Most glass, paper, plastic, and metal is recyclable. When people recycle these things, it helps the environment. It saves space in landfills. (Paper takes up more space in landfills than any other thing!) And instead of wasting these materials, they get used again.

Some people have recycle bins. They put their paper, metal, glass, and plastic into the bin. A special truck takes these things to a processing center. Other people must drive to a recycling center and drop off their things.

What happens at the recycling center? Paper is shredded and then mixed with water and wood pulp to make new paper. Glass, metal, and plastics are melted down. Then they are poured into molds to form new things. Glass jars are melted down and become new glass jars. Recycling lets things be used over and over.

Source: Daily Warm-ups Reading Grade 3

Which of the following cannot be recycled?
  • dirty paper
  • wet tissue
  • plastic bag
  • soda can

Which of the following is true according to the second passage?

  • There is a liner which keeps chemicals from flowing into the groundwater.
  • We have a lot of space available for landfills.
  • Glass takes up more space in landfills than any other thing.
  • Anything is recyclable.
What is the most important reason to recycle paper?
  • It saves trees from being cut down.
  • It will keep us from running out of water.
  • It keeps the cost of leaves low.
  • A lot of people are doing it.

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. A is a big hole in the ground.
  2. It may have a or plastic liner.
  3. And since we are of landfill space, more people are doing it.
  4. lets many things be used again. 
  5. Most glass, paper, plastic, and metal is . 
  6. Recycling lets things be used .

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

  1. Don't walk on the until it has set.
  2. I've of milk - would you like some creamer instead?
  3. Much of our waste is sent to India and China for .
  4. Are plastic bottles or do they go in the garbage?
  5. The idea is to transform the into a park.
  6. I read the article till it made sense.