Lisa Bullard - Rally for Recycling

Cl verleaf

Planet Protectors

Rally
for
Recycling

Lisa Bullard

Illustrated by

Wes Thomas

For Anne L.B.
For Mom, Dad, Susan, and Ben W.T.

Text and illustrations copyright 2012 by Lerner
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bullard, Lisa.
Rally for recycling / by Lisa Bullard ; illustrated by Wes Thomas.
p. cm. (Cloverleaf books. Planet protectors)
Includes index.
ISBN 9780761361039 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1. Refuse and refuse disposalJuvenile literature. 2. Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Juvenile literature. I. Thomas, Wes, ill. II. Title.
TD792.B85 2012
363.7282dc22 2010051509
Manufactured in the United States of America
1 BP 7/15/11

The text of this book is printed on Arbor Plus
paper, which is made with 30 percent recycled
postconsumer waste fibers. Using paper with
postconsumer waste fibers helps to protect
endangered forests, conserve mature trees,
keep used paper out of landfills, save energy
in the manufacturing process, and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions. The remaining fiber
comes from forestlands that are managed in a
socially and environmentally responsible way, as
certified by independent organizations. Also, the
mills that manufactured this paper purchased
renewable energy to cover its production.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter One

Too Much Trash

Some kids want
to be firefighters.

Some kids want
to be teachers.

My names Tyler.
Guess what?

Im going to be an Earth saver when I grow up.

But maybe I shouldnt wait. People are
making an awful lot of trash.

I better take charge before its too late!

People in the
United States are big trash
makers. Each person makes more
than pounds (1.8 kilograms) of
trash each day. Some of this trash is
burned. But this makes the air dirty.
Some of this trash is buried. But
buried trash can last hundreds of
years. And it takes up lots
of space.

Chapter Two

Recycling Helps Clean Up

Mom says its great that I want
to clean up the earth. But she
wants me to start with my room.

Look at it. Its not that bad, is it?

Cleaning my room makes more trash. Its
a good thing my teacher explained about
recycling. Recycling means changing
something we dont need into something
we can use.

Do you think I could
recycle my sister?

Maybe into
a lizard?

Dad says no about the
lizard idea. But I can
recycle these plastic
bottles. And these cans
and magazines too.

Then they wont end up in the trash.

We can also
recycle glass jars,
newspapers, and cardboard.
Some of these things have the
recycling mark on them.
lt looks like this:

Chapter Three

Sorting It All Out

Im pretty thirsty
after carrying the
recycling outside.
Ill get a drink from
the faucet. That
way I wont empty
another bottle.

lts good to
recycle. But its even
better to make less
trash. Avoid plastic water
bottles when you can.
Fill a cup instead.

Guess where my dog, Pete, drinks from?

People in a big truck will pick
up my recycling. They will take
it to a recycling center.

Workers will sort it into
groups. They put cans
with cans. They put
paper with paper.

Some things
can be recycled
only once. But we
can recycle cans
many times.

Chapter Four

Surprise!

Companies will buy the recycling.
They might use it to make new
cans or paper. But sometimes they
turn the recycling
into something totally
different. Companies even
make T-shirts out of plastic.
Could you be wearing
bottles?

There are many
recycling surprises.
Companies make sandals
out of old tires. They make
chairs out of old cans.
They make carpet out of
plastic bottles.