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Welcome Material Menace! Your journey into the world of recycling begins here. Review the information in the following links to help your teammates lean more about recycling and the types of items we can recycle. The information you provide will be a large part in deciding how your group plans your solution. Remember, you need to tell be able to explain WHY you are recycling certain items..

Here are a list of questions for you to think about while you are exploring the websites. You must write your thoughts about each question in your journal. Prepare 7 pages in your journal before you begin - one page for each question and one page for other ideas you come up with that may help your group. Information for a question may be found on more than one website. Your answers to these questions will be graded independently from the group work.

Questions:  Websites: >
 * 1) What materials/items can and cannot be recycled.
 * 2) How do you know if a certain item can or cannot be recycled?
 * 3) What new items do we buy every day that are created from recycled items?
 * 4) Paper - where does it come from and why should we recycle it?
 * 5) Plastic - what types of plastics can we recycle and how do we know?
 * 6) Aluminum Cans - Why should we recycle aluminum cans?
 * 1) http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/kidsPage/
 * 2) http://www.tappi.org/oldtappi/paperu/all_about_paper/earth_answers/earthAnswers.htm
 * 3) http://earth911.com/recycling/plastic/plastic-bottle-recycling-facts/
 * 4) http://earth911.com/recycling/metal/aluminum-can/how-is-an-aluminum-can-recycled/
 * 5) http://www.americarecyclesday.org/why-its-important.aspx
 * 6) http://www.planetpals.com/recyclefacts.html