At our last STEM Club meeting, Carole Gentry from Waste Management came to talk to our members about recycling. We learned the difference between the terms "reuse" and "recycle." Reuse means I can take an item and make something new out of it (such as rinsing out a container, decorating it, and making a pencil holder out of it.) She showed us several crafts we could do like cutting a chip bag and sewing it to make a pencil case, or cutting up aluminum cans to make flowers for decoration.
Recycle, however, is a chemical process that takes place to convert materials into other products. We learned a great deal about how the recycling center operates. It's a pretty high-tech process, and sounds like it would be super cool to watch!
At the end, we got to take home some reusable bags to take to the stores with us in place of plastic bags. Our club members found they also make good hats!
We are super excited to take over our recycling program here at school, especially now that we know how important it is!
Aluminum cans reused to make flower decorations.
Answering questions about recycling.
Listening to an interesting presentation.
Ms. Gentry shows us our cool new bags we are getting.
Our new bags!
Reusable bags=Awesome hats!
