Recycling for Kids and Educational Fun

Ways Kids Can Recycle:

It is everyone's duty to recycle. Young and old, we can all can pitch in and do something to protect the earth. It is especially important that we protect the environment for all generations in the future, especially the children. Although a lot more people are recycling in the U.S., there are still many areas that we can emphasize on and do a better job.

Here are some recycling tips that even kids can do:

Recycling glass: It is important not to recycle broken glass. Only glass that is unbroken and clear should be recycled. Because it is very difficult to process and sort, broken glass, ceramic pieces and other sharp objects are not suitable for recycling. Besides, it is rather dangerous, especially for kids, to be handling glass that is broken.

Newspaper: If you have old and moldy newspaper, you should not recycle it. You should only recycle dry and clean newspaper.

Aluminum and metal objects: Most aluminum cans and other types of metal can be recycled. You should still clean them first, before you recycle them. Magnetic metals cannot be recycled. Please do not recycle them, if your metal objects are covered with hazardous materials. You can actually cause physical harm to other people if you expose them to these hazardous materials.

Plastic: You may not know this, but not all plastics are the same. In fact, there are many grades of plastics. For example, plastics with number 1 and 2 recycling symbols are high quality plastic and happen to be great candidates for recycling. Plastics that are marked with numbers from 3 to 8 are not good for recycling and should not be put in with your other materials to recycle. What happens if you mix the grades of plastic? Well, many low quality plastics could cause the high quality plastics to become contaminated, which is why you should sort them out before recycling.

There are many ways that adults can go green and protect the environment. But there are also ways that kids can join in and do their part as well...

FACT: DID YOU KNOW that throwing away things that could have actually been recycled wastes energy, water and natural resources that could have been saved by recycling?

Here is what is actually saved for each ton of paper that is recycled: 7,000 gallons of water is saved; 380 gallons of oil and enough electricity to run power in an average sized house for 6 months is saved.

FACT: Did you know that you can run a TV for 6 hours on the same amount of electricity that is saved by you taking and recycling just one aluminum can?

FACT: That just by recycling one glass bottle, you can save enough electricity to light up a 100-watt bulb for 4 hours.

A NOTE TO THE KIDS OF AMERICA: So remember kids, the fact remains that the more stuff we throw away, the more space we use up in the landfills. So, in turn, when a landfill becomes full, it is the the taxpayers in this country (in other words: Your Parents) that have to come up with the money to build a new landfill.

THE SOLUTION: The less we throw away, the longer our landfills will last and won't fill up so fast. Saving taxpayer's money by extending the life of our landfills, is a very important benefit to our communities as well. So come on!! Let's ALL do our part to save our planet!!

How Much do Your Kids Know About the 2008 Presidential Elections? Are they interested in what is going on with the Presidential Race? Do they understand that the 2008 Presidential Candidacy is at a historical moment in time? This election is the first since the 1928 presidential election, in which there is neither an incumbent president nor an incumbent vice president (incumbent means a person already in office). This is also the first year that we have a woman presidential candidate and an African-American candidate - we are in the making of history right here folks!!
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So yeah, get your kids involved (or at least semi-involved) in politics. It is a great year to let them partake in this historical event; and parents should also step up to the plate and show their children that it is their patriotic duty to show up to the polls and VOTE!!