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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Apply the three Rs, in priority order, to real examples.

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Apply the three Rs, in priority order, to real examples.

The three Rs are a priority order, not interchangeable options: reducing what you use beats reusing it, which beats recycling it, which still beats throwing it away. Recycling works because reprocessing used material almost always takes far less energy than starting from raw ore, oil or trees.

📝 Worksheet — Lesson 6

1. Sort these into the right column: plastic bottle, school exercise book, banana peel, old phone, glass jar, plastic bag

Reduce	Reuse	Recycle

2. Short answer

Why does recycling aluminium use so much less energy than making it from raw ore?

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📝 Worksheet — Lesson 6