Teach Your Kids to Recycle
Did you know that the average American generates 4.5 lbs of trash every day? Only about 30% of recyclable items are actually recycled, so it is important to teach our kids how to take care of the world we live in and how to leave positive footprints on it. Here are some ways you can teach your kids to recycle and make recycling a fun activity for the entire family:
Reading
Scout your local library for children’s books about recycling and the environment. It will be easier for them, especially if they are younger, to understand the concept of recycling and why it is important if they can look at pictures and follow a storyline. Reading to your child is a great bedtime routine!
Showing
Show your kids what items in your home that can be recycled or composted. You could make a game out of it and ask them to show you an item that would go in the recycling bin. Also point out non-recyclable things and tell the kids how to safely dispose of them. Supervise young children when handling and placing glass or containers with sharp edges in the recycle bin so they don’t injure themselves. Millennium Waste Inc. offers a single-stream recycling service, which means that all your recyclables can be conveniently placed in one recycle bin! Make recycling more fun for your kids by setting up an award system every time they put items in the recycle bin. For example, put stickers on a chart and when they have collected 10 stickers they will get a small reward. Good rewards could be a plant for their room or a trip to the lake etc.
Composting
The kids will love following the composting process and watching the worms work their magic by turning food scraps and other biodegradable items into dirt. Ask them what they think would happen if they would put a plastic bottle in the compost, and then explain the similarities between your compost and the degradable processes in nature.
Crafts
Make fun craft projects with your child out of cardboard boxes, scraps of fabric, glass bottles, milk jugs, newspapers etc. This is a great way to teach your kids to recycle and your imagination is your only limit!
Follow Millennium Waste on Pinterest and get inspired by our “Kids Crafts” board.
Modeling
Kids do what we do and not what we say. Be a good role model for your children and participate in recycling drives and clean-ups put on in your area or at school. Encourage your older kids to volunteer with you and spend some quality time together while you are making the world a greener place!
Millennium Waste Inc. offers residential recycling services for Aledo, IL residents only. We understand the importance preserving natural resources for future generations and recycling is one of the best ways for you to reduce the negative impact of that waste.
We provide our residential recycling customers with an 18-gallon recycle bin for single stream recycling collection, eliminating the need to sort glass and plastic. Let Millennium Waste be your partner in reducing and reusing products that make up a wide ranging level of waste.
Request our services so that together we can comprise a reduction strategy to benefit our community and world.
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