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== ===This is a picture of the sign that reminds you to reduce, reuse, recycle, and compost. On this page we will tell you more about the 3 R's and composting and what people around the school can do to help.===

Reduce. Reducing is very important. If we reduce the amount of paper and garbage that we use every day, we could minimize landfills. || What we can do at school: If we know that the printer will print out an extra piece of paper, when we are ready to print, we could take that piece off your document by making the pages less by one. ||
 * What it is:
 * Reuse. Reusing is a great way to help the earth. When we have extra pieces of scrap paper, like maybe a rough draft, we can use the back of it to draw, or write a note. || At school, we have this group called the Environmental Action Team or EAT. What they do, is they take old pieces of paper, that may or may not have been written on, and make them into little post-it notes for the teachers. That is a great way to reuse. ||
 * Recycle. Recycle is kind of like reusing. When you recycle things, they can be broken down, and made into new things. Plastic bottles can be made into small plastic strands, which can be made into fleece, the stuff that they make some sweaters out of. || At school, we have recycle bins in almost every classroom. This promotes recycling old papers, like tests or worksheets. When we are about to throw away materials in our binder, teachers usually say " Either take it home or recycle it." so that we know that they want us to recycle it and that those are our two options. ||
 * Compost. Composting is taking fruit peels and cores and things, and putting them in the soil, to help make more soil. The peels and things are thrown into the soil or a berm and worms get into it to make more soil. It is a really cool way to use peels and cores. || Again, the EAT is involved in helping with this. At lunch, we have two bins under two tables. One is in the front, and one is in the back. Those bins are used for peels and cores to go in the compost to make more soil. The EAT organized this. ||