Recycling means that we can use the materials again.  Some examples of recycling we can do are to put our cans and bottles into the recycling bank in the town car-park.  When the cans and glass bottles are taken to the factories, the bottles are melted and used to make other glass products again, like windows, clocks and bulbs.  Cans are also melted down and used to make cans again or some ladders.  Paper can also be recycled.   During summer camp we recycled paper.  First we made pulp from old shredded paper, then flattened the pulp, pressed flowers into it and then allowed it to dry.  As we all know, paper is made from trees and the more we recycle paper, the more trees we save and we have for fresh, clean air.

By Séamus O’Keeffe