Home Recycling Center

Recycling makes old things into new things without having to fill up land fills that take years and years to break down.

You can start a recycling center at your home. Have an

easy-to-get-to bin in your home to put stuff that can be recycled. Have someone take it out to the big recycling bin in the garage when it gets full. Here is a picture of mine. I upcycled a plastic basket that my mom had in the basement for this project. It has handles, so it easy to carry. I put a cute recycling sign in a page protector, then taped it to the side.

In the garage above the recycling can, I put up a poster that I made about recycling. Above that I put a list of all the things that our city will recycle. This is a great idea because it gets us thinking about all the different things that we can recycle. Look on your own city's website to print off a list of things your community recycles.

Since I have created our home recycling center, everyone in the family puts a bigger effort into sorting and recycling the trash. We know more about how recycling works in our neighborhood. It has gotten us in to good recycling habits.

Are any of you going to start a recycling center in your own home?

I want to hear about it if you do!

Be a Litter Getter!

Do not drop garbage on the ground! That is called litter. Litter hurts the animals. They could eat it and get sick. They could get trapped in it. It also hurts the environment. Trash makes beautiful places look bad. If you have garbage when you are outdoors, wait and put it in a trash can. If you see any litter, you should pick it up and throw it in the trash can.

My brother Max and I became Litter Getters when we were camping in Richardson's Grove State Park in California. It felt good to leave the camp clean and better than we found it. We can all be Litter Getters, on vacations and at home.

Rules for being a Litter Getter:

Don't litter.

Encourage your friends to not litter.

Pick up litter when you see it.

Be safe when you are picking up trash. Wear gloves and have an adult pick up dangerous things like glass, cigarette butts, or anything you are not sure of.

What do you think?

Let me know if you want to be a Litter Getter like me!

Dirty Water

Today my family went to Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio. My favorite part was the Ledges. There was bright emerald green moss on the rocks and cliff edges. We hiked through a cave called the Ice Box. I learned that the Cuyahoga River has caught on fire many times! It was so dirty, that it actually burned.

The fire in 1969 inspired Earth Day, the Evironmental Protection Agency, and the Clean Water Act.

Wow! Dirty water!

Going Green

Hi! My name is Maddie.

I love nature and I want to protect the planet.

I created this blog to encourage kids to protect the planet and go green.