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THE GARBAGE! ANYPLACE IS A
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SERIOUSLY.

HOW CAN WE PLAY
BASKETBALL WITH
ALL OF THIS GARBAGE?
YOU'RE RUINING
OUR WHOLE SCHOOL
YARD WITH YOUR
UGLY TRASH.

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HEY, MAN WHAT'S
GOING ON?
THIS tS NO PLACE
FOR TRASH!

COME ON, GUYS,
WE CAN'T LET
HIM GET AWAY

WITH THIS.

WE'VEGOTTO ae%
CLEAN THIS UPI
WHAT CAN WE DO?

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THOSE BOXES ALL
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ARE A FEW EXTRA.



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PAPER, TYPING PAPER,
EVEN OUR HOMEWORK

WE DECIDED TO
BEGIN BY RECYCLING
PAPER. THE CENTER
WILL TAKE ALL
OF OUR NOTEBOOK
PAPER, COMPUTER

COPIER PAPER, AND

TO BE RECYCLED
INTO NEW
PAPER PRODUCTS.

OUR
HOMEWORK
WON'T BE
RECYCLED INTO
MORE
HOMEWORK,

i

WE'LL PUT
COLLECTION BOXES
IN EACH CLASSROOM.
INSTEAD OF THROWING
OUT YOUR USED PAPER,
PUT IT IN THE BOX.

USE BOTH SIDES

VOLUNTEERS WILL

OF THE PAPER

COLLECT THE BOXES

BEFORE RECYCLING
IT. WE WANT TO
WASTE AS
LITTLE AS
POSSIBLE!

EVERY DAY AND
STORE THEM IN
THE AUDITORIUM.

ON FRIDAY AFTERNOONS,
TEACHERS WILL

— HELP US BRING
WHAT WE'VE COLLECTED
TO THE RECYCLING
CENTER.

EVERYTHING EXCEPT
COLORED PAPER, NEWSPAPERS, AND
GLOSSY PAPER LIKE “ef
MAGAZINES, THESE
CAN BE RECYCLED,
BUT OUR PROGRAM WILL START °
WITH ONLY WHITE PAPER.

THROW
ANY KIND
OF PAPER

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THERE IS THE TRUCK
TO COLLECT THE
ALUMINUM CANS.

TRUCKS FROM VARIOUS companies

RECYCLABLES AND MAKE THEM
INTO NEW PRODUCTS.

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THOSE CANS

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ARE TAKEN TO THE 7

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THEY ARE MELTED “AA
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ARE YOU
GOING WITH
MY TRASH!



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AT THIS CENTER WE COLLECT # OUR COMMUNITY ALSO RECYCLES

MILK JUGS AND SOFT BRM : :
CONTAINERS, ALUMINUM. _ _ LEAVES, GRASS, AND OTHER YARD
CONTAINERS, NEWSPAPER, Neo WABTES BY TURNING THEM INTO COMPOST...
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_TO HELP THE ANTS
GROW HEALTHY AND STRONG,

NOW, LET'S
SEE WHAT
HAPPENS TO
ALL THESE
Linn RECYCLABLES!

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RECYCLE TODAY!

HELP STAMP OUT
THE GARBAGE GREMLIN



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RECYCLING

HEY, YOU'RE THE KID WHO THINKS
RECYCLING IS A WASTE OF TIME.
WE'VE GOT SOMETHING IN
COMMON. COME ON.

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BETTER
CHECK
THIS
OUT.

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WE ARE WASTING
VALUABLE MATERIALS
BY THROWING THINGS
AWAY THAT COULD
BE USED AGAIN.

ONE TON

2.000 tbs,

FOR EVERY TON
OF PAPER WE
RECYCLE, WE CAN
SAVE 17 TREES
FROM BEING
CUT DOWN TO
MAKE NEW
PAPER.

WE'RE ALSO RUNNING OUT OF
PLACES TO PUT OUR TRASH. MANY
OF OUR LANDFILLS ARE ALREADY FULL.
IF WE KEEP THROWING GARBAGE
AWAY AT THIS RATE, WE MAY
NOT HAVE ANYWHERE TO PUT IT.

YESTERDAY, WE WENT
TO A RECYCLING CENTER
TO SEE HOW OUR SCHOOL
COULD HELP OUT. BETSY
HAS A REPORT.

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MAYBE THAT NEW GREEN KID IS RIGHT. WHAT |
WE DO DOESN'T MATTER. AND BESIDES,
OUR SCHOOL LOOKS OKAY.

YOU'RE DOING
AGREAT JOB.

THIS WILL MAKE 2 |
A WONDERFUL
NEW HOME.



SO, IF EVERYONE WOULD TAKE A COUPLE
OF THESE POSTERS ADVERTISING OUR COLLECTION...

POSTERS!
OH GOOD,
MORE

DON'T FORGET!
WHEN WE'RE
THROUGH
WITH THE

POSTERS

WE'LL
RECYCLE
THEM TOO!

GRUMBLE,
GRUMBLE.

Ax LAA a

THIS RECYCLING BUSINESS HAS GONE

FAR ENOUGH. THERE'S STILL PLENTY

OF ROOM FOR GARBAGE. WHY WASTE
YOUR TIME!



FINALLY, THE NEW CANS
WILL BE FILLED WITH
SODA AND JUICE AND

MARKETED, OR SOLD, AT
THE SUPERMARKET...

WHERE THEY WILL BE
«WHERE THEY WILL BE

BOUGHT AND REUSED JusT/“ |

THE WAY
GARBAGE

AROUND |
THIS PLACE. |

THAT'S A GOOD GUESS. ABOUT 5 BILLION
GLASS CONTAINERS ARE COLLECTED FOR
RECYCLING EACH YEAR. GLASS iS MELTED
DOWN TO MAKE NEW GLASS
CONTAINERS. BUT THERE'S
SOMETHING WE COLLECT
EVEN MORE OF.

WE MUST THROW OUT
TONS OF WRITING AND DRAWING
PAPER AT THE SCHOOL. MAYBE
WE COULD BRING IT
HERE TO BE

Bee RECYCLED

WE'D REALLY
APPRECIATE
YOUR HELP.

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WHO KNOWS WHAT KIND
OF MATERIAL IS
RECYCLED THE MOST?

GLASS
BOTTLES \.
AND JARS? |

YES. ABOUT 20

PERCENT OF ALL
PAPER IS NOW

RECYCLED.

1 CAN'T LET
THEM BRING THEIR
PAPER HERE TO
BE RECYCLED. I'VE
GOT TO FOIL THEIR
PLAN!



HMM. THIS HAS POSSIBILITIES.

TOWN LANDFILL IS ALMOST Es
FULL. LET'S GO SEE WHAT Q@
THE COMMUNITY IS
DOING TO HELP SOLVE THE
GARBAGE PROBLEM.

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DID | HEAR
THE WORD
“GARBAGE”?
THINK I'LL
TAG ALONG.

WHY DO WE
HAVE TO GO ON
THIS TRASHY
TRIP, ANYWAY?

DUNNO.
I'D RATHER
“| BE PLAYING
BASKETBALL.



LAST WEEK DAVID, LEWIS, AND
TONY MADE A SPECIAL EFFORT
TO CLEAN UP THE FRONT OF
THE SCHOOL. AND WE EVEN
MADE SOME MONEY FROM ALL THE
PAPER THEY COLLECTED. TO THANK
THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK, THE
RECYCLING COMMITTEE DECIDED TO
HOLD A PIZZA PARTY IN THEIR

| SAW THAT
HUGE PILE

HOW'D YOU
EVER PICK
ITALL UP?

YOU GUYS
ARE THE
GREATEST!

BETSY, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE
TO GO TO THAT PIZZA PARTY
Yh Bes
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HEADED YOUR WAY!

Yl GARBAGE GRRENILNY GOULD BE

KEEP THE GARBAGE GREMLIN
OUT OF YOUR SCHOOL!

~_ + Organize a cleanup day at your school, or of a neighborhood park or playground.

+ Reduce the amount of waste you create by using paper
on both sides, packing your lunch in reusable x
containers, and using glasses and dishes instead

of disposable cups and plates.

* Hold a 1-day collection at your schoo!
of aluminum or bimetal-cans, glass bottles,
newspaper, plastic soda bottles or _
milk jugs, or other recyclables.

* Start an ongoing recycling program
at your school, like the students
of Clean Valley did.



BUT YEARS
OF LIVING
OFF THE

TRASH
THAT
OTHERS
HAVE THROWN

AWAY HAVE
MADE HIM
FAT AND

a { sevieve How ¥

FAST THIS
DUMPSTER
FILLS UP

— ASH JUST EMPTIED

ITA FEW
DAYS AGO
AND LOOK

HOW MUCH

7 | DON'T KNOW
Zl WHERE ITs

C'MON, PAL.

GIVE IT UP.
EVERYTHING
GOES IN

THE TRUCK. ff

I'VE BEEN THROWN
OUT AGAIN! WHERE
WILL | FIND ENOUGH
GARBAGE FOR A
NEW HOME?



Note to the Teacher

The Adventures of the Garbage Gremlin: Recycle and Combat a Life of Grime

(EPA/530-SW-90-024) is part of “Recycle Today,” the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency's educational program on recycling. It can be used in conjunction with Let's
Reduce and Recycle: Curriculum for Solid Waste Awareness (EPA/530-SW-90-005)
and School Recycling Programs: A Handbook for Educators (EPA/530-SW-90-023)

to introduce students to the benefits of recycling. A poster, Recycle Today! Ride the
Wave of the Future (EPA/530-SW-90-010), is also available to promote recycling
and encourage students to get involved in recycling efforts in their schools. All of
these materials can be ordered free of charge by writing OSW Publications, Office of
Solid Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW, Washington,
DC 20460, or by calling the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Hotline at 1-800-424-9346.

Office of Solid Waste
EPA/530-SW-90-024

Printed on Recycled Paper


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