What are simple definitions of reduce, reuse and recycle that you would use at a 6th grade level.?

Question

What are simple definitions of reduce, reuse and recycle that you would use at a 6th grade level.?

Answer 1

Reduce- Decrease the amount

Reuse - Use something again after it has been used

Recycle - Reuse something in an enviromentally friendly way where the material or thing will be used to make another thing

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Good luck

Answer 2

Reduce- Try not using that product again. (ex. plastic bags)

Reuse- You use the product again (ex. using the plastic bags as garbage bags.)

Recycle- You use the product again in a NEW way.

I'd like to add one more R.

That's REFUSE. WE have to refuse using things that damage our environment. 'Cause if we don't all the other Rs are useless.

Answer 3

Reduce.  Use only the water you need to get the job done, instead of letting it run unnecessarily.  Prepare only the food you think you will consume, and take portions that you can consume without wasting unnecessarily.

Reuse.  Take plenty of used shopping bags with you to the grocery store, and use them for your shopping order, instead of using new ones from the store.

Recycle.  Bring all cans, bottles, and plastic to your local recycling center so they can be recycled  to make new products.

Answer 4

Reduce the number of paperclips you dump on the floor so you don't have to pick them up again.    Reuse the paperclips so you can make a chain out of them.   Recycle is a tough one since many kids just know trash "dissappears"  after they throw something away.

Answer 5

Reduce the amount of waste,

do this by reusing plastic containers, reusing anything possible vs. throwing away.  

Recycle waste by sorting out and cleaning out bottles and returning them to the store and having them picked up.  Collect newspapers and recycle.

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Answer 6

I would use examples - maybe play a game of sort-it-out? Have each students "be" a different type of garbage and ask them to sort themselves into group - reduce, reuse, or recycle.

Reducing involves the decisions you make while you are the store. If you buy less, there will automatically be less to throw out.

Reusing involves looking at all the things you have already bought and using them again (maybe in a different way) so that you don't have to buy new things.

Reduce and reuse are very simple concepts, but it is important to differentiate recycling. Recycling is not simply taking something old and using it for something else - that's reusing. The recycling process involves the process of re-manufacturing an old good into a new one. Ex/ melting a pop bottle down to make new pop bottles or using old newspaper to make napkins. It's also interesting to note that you haven't actually "recycled" until you have purchased a recycled product - you must close the loop.

Throwing something in the recycling bin is only half way there!

:-)

Answer 7

reduce- consume only what you need, limit your resources

reuse- Use things again if possible

recycle- separate plastic, paper, glass, etc and dispose of properly

Answer 8

reduce -dont use as much-or use less

Reuse-use over again

recycle- take trash and instead of waste it reuse it

Answer 9

reduce means use as little as you possibly can reuse means find new ways to use it and do other things with it and recycle means when your done with it and theres nothing left to use it for you send it to a recycling plant so  they can melt it down and make new stuff with it

Answer 10

Twelve-year-olds will these understand concepts easily.

You don't have to simplify them.

A visit to your local recycling center could be very educational.

Answer 11

Reduce- to make less than

Reuse- to use again

Recycle- to take something old or used and to turn it into something else to be used again

Answer 12

reduce = to do/have/make less

reuse = to use over again

recycle = to turn it into something else

Answer 13

The green movement.  Environmentally responsible.  See the empty mayonaise jar?  clean it & recycle it!  Recycle everything (soup cans, soda bottles, paper & cardboard, plastic jars) in your household for a week and throw it all in a box......take a look at how much "stuff" it is.  Then times that by the 52 weeks of the year.  Gives you a good visual idea of how much just your family actually uses in a 1 year period.  All that stuff would end up in a landfill, or floating in the ocean, if it weren't for your environmental consciensness.  Besides, it takes less energy and resources to re-use than to start a fresh.  So you're really helping the environment on many levels by recycling.

Answer 14

reduce=use less

reuse=use it again instead of throwing it away

recycle=turn it into something new

Example: Don't fill the bathtub up as much.  Then use the same bathwater to wash your dog.  Finally, use a bucket to take the bathwater outside and water your mom's flowers.

Answer 15

reduce - use less

reuse - use it again, maybe in a new way

recycle - send it away to be turned into something new to be used again