- SOUTH CAROLINA v DEPARTMENT OF HEAL-WI AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL OFFICE OF 50LID WASTE REDVCTION AND RECYCLINU l-800-768-7348

Presented by the Office OC Solid Waste Reduction 8 Recycling South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control

Recycle South Carolina! Remember these loor simple things:

REDUCE, REME, REPAIR and RECYGLE. If we follow them, we can

save landfill space, energy

d2 and natural resoclrces.

The Recycle Symbol Prodacts with this symbol mg be recycled in yoor hornee town.

Why Recycle? Here are a few good reasons.

l * r -$ Recycling saves vahable landfill space.

43 Recycling saves energy.

l - +$ Recycling saves natural resources.

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Did You Know... Many iteres can be recycled. Don’t toss these iteres in the trach, recycle insteadr

Alominurn cans

Steel or tin cans

Newspaper 8 glossy advertisìng inserts

Green, blue. brown 8 clear glass

Plastic soft drink bottles & milk jugs

Paper & plastic bags

Gorrugated cardboard

Rinse 8 crush.

Rinse ii flatten.

Stack in a pile.

S'eparate by color, rinse 8 remove lids.

Remove lids, rinse & flatten.

Usethermagainorrettirnthern to the grocery store where y~~ibocighttherr~.IF they don't recycle, ask themanagerto startarecyclingprogram.

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Which Ones to Recycle? Many of these iteres can be recycled. Which ones can be recicled in your community?

Blue glass

Colored soft drink bottles

Cereal boxes

Newspapers

Browh paper bags

Brown glass c 4

foil Aluminum

Milk cartons

Motor oil

Steel cans

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Reduce Waste with Smart Shopping!

You can reduce the armount of waste going into landfills and help protect the environment by doing some simple things:

43 Make sure your bags are packed correctly and with A // \\ 8s manu iteres as-safelcl possibii.

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Bring your own iwmHT---- canvas baos \ \ instead ‘of Üsing a paper or plastic bag.

If you buy only one or two things, tell the cashier you don? need a bag.

1 Buy economy- sized products rather than srmallc single-sized ones.

43 Buy batteries that can be recharged.

41 Buy produc t s p ackaged in recyclable comamers.

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In 3 Which Way to the 9 % Landfill?

Recycled MateriaIs Recycled materials are reused to make all kinds of things. I_ook

below to see what is mude frorn the thinas uou recuele.

Steel

Class

Plast ic

Newspaper 8 Gardboard

Bikes, nails, cars 8 other things.

Jars, tiles ¿i other things.

Soda bottles, tables, carpet; shoes, clothes 8 other things.

Pens, pencils, paper, cereal boxes 8 other things.

Recycle Used Tires! Old used tires can be recycled into many different things.

A few of them are listed below:

~:a Mulch

41 Soaker hoses

e% ShoìJ soles

You can also reuse old tires as playground eqyipment!

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Composting... Nature’s Way to Recycle!

You can recycle organic materials (f ruit and ve etable peels, ood ? scraps, lawn clippings, leaves, etc.) in yoor own composting bin!

Inside this dirt container, earthworrms and other organisms help decormpose these natural ma terials.

AFter they’re through, you can use the compost as fertilizer to help plants grow.

Save Energy! It usually takes less energy to recycle than to produce

something new...so save enerau!

1 Below are a few thinas uou 1 can do around uour huok - -.--

UU to save enerau:” e

43 Turn lights, TVs and -- radios off when not in use.

43 í-lave your parents set . your home’s thermostat to 65 degrees (F) in winter and 80 degrees (F) in surmep.

43 Use fans to circulate air.

Recycle Used Oil! Recycle Used Oil! Recycling used oil conserves a limited resource Recycling used oil conserves a limited resource

and protects wildlife and marine life. and protects wildlife and marine life.

It’s the Law! It’s now the law in South Carolina to recycle all car batteries and used motor oil. If your

parents have any vestions, have them check with your county recycling

coordinator, or call

Learn More About Recycling!

1 teach about protecting the environrment. Ask your teacher to get my book, “Action for a cleaner tomorrow.”

Recycle Scrap Metals! I II Old household appliances can be recycled, too.

Recycle Building MateriaIs!

I’m a brick, but I’rn a valuable m

me away. 1 can be used to make new things. \\

resource, too. Don’t throw

- Recycling Reduces

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