So much paper!!!!
You can find paper in so many things: books, magazines, birthday cards, gift wrap. Even cereal and pasta boxes are made of paper, except it’s thicker. One site says that America alone uses 69 million tons of paper and paperboard every year. 1000 kg is the same as 1 ton. Every recycled ton of paper saves between 15 and 17 trees, and the energy saved could heat your home for 6 months. So as much as we love paper, let’s try to recycle and save some trees.
Wee ones: Look around the room. How many things do you see that use paper? Count as many as you can!
Little kids: Recycling a 2 metre stack of newspaper saves 1 tree! Is that stack shorter or taller than you? Bonus: If starting in October you heat your house for 6 months with the saved energy from 1 ton of paper, until what month does the heat last?
Big kids: If you recycle 10 kg of paper each month, how much do you save in 1 year? Bonus: If your family recycles 60 kg total of paper and cardboard, and twice as much of it is cardboard as paper, how much of each do you recycle?
Answers:
Wee ones: Different for everyone…see if you can count them all!
Little kids: Again, different for everyone…find out your own height in feet. Bonus: Until the same day of the month in April.
Big kids: 120 kg, …so you’ve saved a tree! Bonus: 40 kg of cardboard and 20 kg of paper. The cardboard is like 2 more sets of paper, so you have 3 sets of paper that add up to 60.
Wee ones: Look around the room. How many things do you see that use paper? Count as many as you can!
Little kids: Recycling a 2 metre stack of newspaper saves 1 tree! Is that stack shorter or taller than you? Bonus: If starting in October you heat your house for 6 months with the saved energy from 1 ton of paper, until what month does the heat last?
Big kids: If you recycle 10 kg of paper each month, how much do you save in 1 year? Bonus: If your family recycles 60 kg total of paper and cardboard, and twice as much of it is cardboard as paper, how much of each do you recycle?
Answers:
Wee ones: Different for everyone…see if you can count them all!
Little kids: Again, different for everyone…find out your own height in feet. Bonus: Until the same day of the month in April.
Big kids: 120 kg, …so you’ve saved a tree! Bonus: 40 kg of cardboard and 20 kg of paper. The cardboard is like 2 more sets of paper, so you have 3 sets of paper that add up to 60.