1 00:00:06,129 --> 00:00:09,130 Oh, hey, everybody. Come on in. 2 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:14,009 I'm Steve Trash. I like to find stuff in the garbage and make up magical routines to go with them. 3 00:00:14,230 --> 00:00:15,689 Cool stuff like this. 4 00:00:15,910 --> 00:00:18,070 Look. You see, these are pieces of paper. 5 00:00:18,510 --> 00:00:20,329 Someone threw them away in the garbage. 6 00:00:20,629 --> 00:00:22,629 But paper is a natural resource. 7 00:00:23,149 --> 00:00:26,210 And natural resources are very valuable. Watch. 8 00:00:30,149 --> 00:00:31,370 Ha ha ha ha ha! 9 00:00:31,850 --> 00:00:33,009 Pretty cool, huh? 10 00:00:34,009 --> 00:00:38,009 A natural resource is anything in nature that we use. 11 00:00:39,229 --> 00:00:40,890 Take this cup, for instance. 12 00:00:41,289 --> 00:00:44,450 To the person who's drinking it, it's very valuable. 13 00:00:44,969 --> 00:00:46,469 But what do they do with it when they're finished? 14 00:00:46,810 --> 00:00:48,950 That's right! They just throw it away! 15 00:00:49,509 --> 00:00:53,770 But it's the same cup, and it's just as valuable as it was before. 16 00:00:54,090 --> 00:00:56,950 You've just decided that it's not valuable anymore. 17 00:00:56,950 --> 00:01:01,689 In reality, it's still a very valuable natural resource. 18 00:01:02,390 --> 00:01:05,189 Whew! And we throw away a lot of trash. 19 00:01:05,590 --> 00:01:06,709 Boom, boom, boom, boom! 20 00:01:07,549 --> 00:01:15,260 The average American throws away three and a half pounds of garbage every day. 21 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:19,920 That's over 1,200 pounds of garbage every year. 22 00:01:20,599 --> 00:01:22,900 Recycling is a way to use this trash again. 23 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,180 Okay, let's see what can be recycled. 24 00:01:26,379 --> 00:01:28,079 Aluminum can? Yes. 25 00:01:30,519 --> 00:01:32,319 Newspaper? Yes. 26 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,299 Plastic bottle? Yes. 27 00:01:35,299 --> 00:01:50,620 extremely huge pacifier uh no steel can yes cardboard boxes yes computer paper yes 28 00:01:50,620 --> 00:02:06,760 belly button lint oh gross glass bottle yes i'll just magazine yes oh i gotta eat you right there 29 00:02:08,759 --> 00:02:10,280 Notebook paper. Yes. 30 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:15,259 So let's say you've finished using this steel can. 31 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:17,800 What happens to it when you're finished with it? 32 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,960 Well, most of the time, it just gets thrown away. 33 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,960 And ends up at the landfill. 34 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,719 That's a terrible waste. Why not recycle it? 35 00:02:33,479 --> 00:02:38,180 That way, the old steel can can be made into a new steel can. 36 00:02:38,180 --> 00:02:40,460 So, what does this symbol mean? 37 00:02:41,939 --> 00:02:42,860 Recycle, right? 38 00:02:43,599 --> 00:02:48,960 So if you take all of your recyclable stuff to the recycle center and drop it off, have you done this? 39 00:02:49,479 --> 00:02:49,840 No. 40 00:02:51,259 --> 00:02:52,500 You've done this. 41 00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:56,539 Because we've only kept the stuff out of the landfill temporarily. 42 00:02:57,139 --> 00:03:01,039 We haven't really made the recyclable thing useful again, have we? 43 00:03:01,219 --> 00:03:06,960 I mean, they're just sitting there in that poor recycling center with nowhere to go. 44 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,719 But we can fix that problem. 45 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:11,520 We can buy things made of recycled materials. 46 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:19,419 This recycled thing will go from the recycling center to a remanufacturing plant where it's made into something useful again. 47 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:21,800 And then it finally ends up at a store. 48 00:03:21,900 --> 00:03:22,379 At a store. 49 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:22,979 At a store. 50 00:03:23,139 --> 00:03:24,379 Where you can buy it again. 51 00:03:24,819 --> 00:03:29,659 Go to your favorite store and buy frisbees made of recycled plastic. 52 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:33,979 Recycled pencils made of plastic lunch trays. 53 00:03:33,979 --> 00:03:38,900 computer paper made of recycled computer paper 54 00:03:38,900 --> 00:03:43,919 cardboard boxes made of recycled cardboard boxes 55 00:03:43,919 --> 00:03:48,400 notebook paper made of recycled notebook paper 56 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:56,150 aluminum cans made of recycled aluminum cans 57 00:03:56,150 --> 00:04:00,889 and even toilet paper made of 58 00:04:00,889 --> 00:04:04,069 oh no wait 59 00:04:04,069 --> 00:04:09,069 No, it's okay. It's made of recycled paper. Not. 60 00:04:09,069 --> 00:04:17,899 Remember, trash is a natural resource that you've decided isn't valuable anymore. 61 00:04:17,899 --> 00:04:25,899 When it comes to trash, reduce what you can, reuse what you can, and then recycle everything that's left over. 62 00:04:25,899 --> 00:04:29,899 Well, thanks for watching. See you soon.