Do you know about the three Rs? Practise your reading in English with this text.
Do the preparation exercise first. Then read the text and do the other exercises.
There are lots of ways we can look after our planet. Three great ways are 'the three Rs': R educe! R euse! R ecycle! We throw away too many things and make too much rubbish. Lots of the things we throw in the bin take thousands of years to go away. Every time you want to throw something in the bin, STOP and THINK about the three Rs. Can you reduce it? Can you reuse it? Can you recycle it?
If we make new paper, glass and plastic from old paper, glass and plastic, we save energy and look after the planet. Don't throw away anything that you can recycle. But use the correct bin!
Make sure you reduce, reuse and recycle at home and at school! Here are some more ideas:
Can you think of other reduce, reuse and recycle ideas?
Do you follow the three Rs? What things do you reduce, reuse and recycle at home or at school? Tell us about it!
I Reuse my paper that we already drew on .