Recycling is required by Orange County Code. To reduce the amount of garbage in the recycling stream, the Orange County Utilities Solid Waste Division encourages residents to "Think 5" by focusing on the top five recyclable items—plastic, metal, and glass containers, as well as cardboard and paper.
Recycling is using items that would be thrown into the trash to make new materials. For example, plastic bottles can be recycled into new plastic bottles or even carpet! By encouraging good recycling habits, we can save landfill space, energy, and natural resources like water and trees. The Utilities Solid Waste Division invited Orange County students, grades 4 – 7, to write a poem to promote recycling right. Congratulations to the 2020 Recycle “Write” Poetry Contest winners below!
Recycling Poem Recycling is important to me It keeps animals safe and living happily And now that we have a shortage of paper Let’s recycle and keep trees safer When you recycle paper, see what it can make Cardboard or a whole new piece, covering for your pen mistake Moving along, you have a glass jar from your favorite jam Don’t float it down the river till it reaches a dam You can recycle plastic containers and bottles When you recycle, you are a real role model Next, your order from “Amazon” arrives And now you have a cardboard box waiting outside Adding more, you’ve got aluminum cans for soup and beans Recycle them! I’ll help you understand what this means If recyclable items are what you’ve hoarded Recycle them and they’ll go to the material recovery factory to get sorted Then they go to the processing factory to get melted I really like recycling, I just can’t help it ‘Cause it gets molded into something new at the manufactured plant So “Recycle!” is what I chant There are a lot of benefits to recycling, such as not a lot of garbage and it saves trees It recycles plastic that could’ve hurt animals and sea turtles are important to me So, remember this, recycling rocks! Always recycle your papers, plastics, cans and cardboard boxes And all the other recyclable items you get from different brands And now you’ve got recycling hands!
The Pet Playhouse Placed outside: a cardboard dog food box, an empty plastic bottle, a yogurt cup, and a large cardboard box. Little creature waits, her beady eyes watching some bedding pour into the big box. A cut is made, and then another, so tape comes in, and finally the guinea pig car is finished! Yogurt cup is washed, and cut, and a new reused food bowl has appeared. House would not be complete without half of a plastic bottle for hay, and the other half? A shady roof in an area for the animal to relax. Our family’s trash, the guinea pig’s treasure. Good thing we reused it! Under the bottle roof the guinea pig goes to take a nap in her new playhouse. See what happens when we reuse things? Everyone is happy now.
Untitled Have you ever wondered why the earth is dying? Well we can fix that just by trying If you listen to me we have a chance to save the world by just recycling things like cans It all starts when you put the can in the bin Then the recycling truck comes around to pick up the piece of tin Then it goes to the factory to get the trash satisfactorily sorted After all that the can gets burned to be used for other things not for the world to get hurt
Recycle Acrostic Poem Recycling is important because it reduces waste, and it is fun. Educate others about the ways to recycle and it’ll be done. Cardboard, paper, glass jars, and tin cans can all go in. You are responsible for putting it in the bin. Can you do it? Can you recycle it? Let's all put effort and time into recycling for a bit. Everyone can help recycle and help the Earth.
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