WHY IS RECYCLING IMPORTANT?

Biodegradable

BIODEGRADABLE
A process where certain types of material naturally breakdown or decay.

In the early days people traveled in tribes. Trash was dumped along the way.

The Romans open the first trash dump in 500 B.C.

Over the years people threw their trash in ditches.

By 1400, people in Paris piled trash outside the city walls.

TRASH AND RECYCLING IN THE UNITED STATES

STAY FOCUSED

• Find your 3 o'clock partner. Together read Trash in the United States and Recycling in the United States.
• Highlight 4 key information/events. Choose 2 to write on a sticky note.
• Color the recycling picture.
• Re-read Way Back When quietly to yourself.