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Reduce, Re-use and Recycle!

Everybody makes rubbish! Each week the average family in the UK gets through four glass bottles or jars, 13 cans, three plastic bottles and five kilograms of paper. That means that every day, a total of about 8,000 tonnes of rubbish is thrown away by families in England and Wales - that amount of rubbish is the same weight as 1,600 African elephants!

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Making recycled paper (You may need an adult to help with this activity)

You will need: 1. Newspaper 2. Bucket of water 3. Potato masher 4. Tray or flat baking pan 5. Mesh (chicken wire or netting) 6. Large book or piece of wood

Re-use means using things again Recycle means using old things to make new things Landfill - The last resort. We are running out of landfill space

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Shred or rip the newspaper into bits and soak it in warm water (overnight if possible - the longer the better)

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Put the paper pulp into the shallow tray and add more water. The tray should be half full of water.

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Mix the pulp so that it's evenly spread

Place the piece of mesh in the tray. The paper pulp should float up above the mesh.

Spread the pulp evenly over the mesh using your hands

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Carefully lift out the mesh and place on some spare newspaper to drain.

Place another piece of newspaper on top of the pulp, and carefully turn the whole thing over so that the mesh is now on top of the pulp and facing you. Leave both sections of newspaper in place.

Now place your piece of wood or book onto the newspaper and push it down to squeeze out the water. Leave to dry for a least 3 hours or longer, depending on the thickness of the paper.