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• Learn what recycling is and how it helps keep the Earth clean and green.
• Research what items can and can’t be recycled in your area and teach your family how to sort them correctly.
• Recycle items like cardboard, glass, and paper for an entire week and see how much you can save from the trash. Collect bottle caps, cans, or other recyclables to take to a local recycling center.
• Talk to friends and family about starting a recycling program in your community or encourage your town to begin recycling if it doesn’t already. Organize a recycling station at home to sort paper, plastic, metal, and glass.
• Organize a “trash treasure hunt” to collect recyclables in your neighborhood or local park and recycle them properly.
• Learn about composting and how food scraps and yard waste can turn into healthy soil. Try starting a compost pile with the help of an adult, using food scraps like fruit peels and veggie leftovers, to reduce waste.
• Take old electronics, like phones or batteries, to a recycling center that accepts e-waste.
• Create a cool work of art using recycled materials like bottle caps, paper rolls, or old magazines. Create fun crafts using old items like jars, toilet paper rolls, or cereal boxes.
• Challenge your family to buy less plastic for one week by choosing reusable or alternative items instead.
• Bring a reusable water bottle and lunchbox to school every day instead of disposable ones.
• Donate gently used toys, books, or clothes to others who need them instead of throwing them away. Host a swap event where you and your friends can trade books, toys, or clothes instead of buying new ones. Shop for secondhand items instead of buying new ones.
• Use both sides of paper when drawing, writing, or doing homework.
• Make a habit of using cloth towels instead of paper towels for cleaning up small spills.
• Pack your lunch in reusable containers instead of disposable bags or wraps.
• Take reusable shopping bags with you when grocery shopping with your family.
• Encourage your family to avoid single-use plastic items like straws and utensils.
• Make colorful signs for your home or school’s recycling bins to encourage everyone to recycle.
• Learn how to fix small broken items (with an adult’s help) rather than throwing them out.

These activities help kids understand and apply the 3Rs in practical and engaging ways.

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Connected Official GSUSA Badges:

Daisy – Petal – Use Resources Wisely – 3 Requirements: 1)Reduce using something (learn composting, OR research limiting natural resource use). AND 2) Use something a second time in a new way (make something new from an item going into the trash/recyclables, OR make origami from old newspapers). AND 3)Research recycling (make a poster/chart of thing you can recycle in your area, OR collect a recyclable for one week).

Brownie – Household Elf – 1 Requirement: 1) Find one way to recycle or reuse items (start recycling trash, collect 20 plastic bags to recycle, donate toys/clothes) and do it.

Daisy, Brownie, and Junior – Art and Design – 1 Requirement: 1) Use Recycled Materials to explore Art Mediums

Patch Programs:

Girl Scouts of Citrus Council (GSC)

• Upcycling: Eco Art – (Requirements Link, Purchase Link)

Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois (GSofSI)

• Recycling: Bowling – (Requirements Link, Purchase Link)

Stemily Studios (Unofficial)

• Recycler – (Requirements Link/Purchase Link)

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