Your Recycling “Tool Kit” includes:

1.“What Goes In the Blue Bin” Magnet

2.How to Organize Recycling At

Home Checklist

3.Homemade Recycle Box Activity

4.Recycling Treasure Hunt

5.What to Recycle Word Search

6.Recycling Pledge Form

Printed on Recycled Paper

Recycle Box

1. All Kinds of Paper & Cardboard

2. Aluminum & Tin Cans

3. Glass Bottles & Jars Only

4. Plastic Containers, Tubs, Jars, & Trays

#1-#7

Trash

1. Plastic Bags

2. Dirty Soiled Paper—Diapers, paper towels,

tissues

3. Styrofoam

4. Yard Waste

5. Food Waste

You can also use a brown paper

bag as a recycle container.

www.VictorvilleRecycles.com

Materials needed:

Cardboard box—

medium sized

A piece of paper

Tape or glue

Markers or crayons

1. Find an empty, clean cardboard box.

(If you don’t have a cardboard box, you can use

a paper grocery bag.)

2. Fold the flaps of the cardboard box inward—

down inside the box.

3. Next make a recycle sign to attach to the box.

4. Tape or glue the recycle sign on the box

(or bag).

5. Put the Recycle Box next to the trash can in the

kitchen, and it’s now ready to use.

Go into every room in your house. Put a mark next to the recyclable item you find.

You might want to make more “Recycle Boxes” to put in other rooms.

Kitchen

Cereal & snack boxes

Plastic milk jugs

Glass bottles

Tin food cans

Pet food cans

Juice cartons

Yogurt containers

Pudding & cottage cheese

containers

Detergent and tissue boxes

Hand soap liquid bottles and

dispenser bottles

Sauce and jelly jars

ketchup bottles

Laundry

Fabric Sheet Boxes

Detergent Boxes

Plastic Detergent Bottles

Plastic detergent and

disinfectant bottles

Window cleaner bottles

Polish or air freshener aerosols

cans

Bedroom

Old School Papers

Magazines

Tissue boxes

Cardboard labels and paper

packaging on new clothing

Cardboard containers or

packaging for toiletries (e.g.

make up, soap, etc)

Glass perfume bottles

Aerosol deodorant or hairspray

cans

Bathroom

Shampoo Bottles

Toothpaste Boxes

TP Cardboard Rolls

(containers must be empty)

Shower gel bottles

Liquid soap dispensers

Aerosol cans (shaving foam and

deodorants – ensure containers are

empty)

Plastic cleanser and toner

bottles

Plastic bleach bottles and toilet

cleaning products

Cardboard toilet roll cores

Toothpaste and toiletry outer

cardboard boxes

Cardboard from the back of

blister packs (e.g. on items like

toothbrushes and razor blades)

Nail varnish remover bottle

Family Room

Junk Mail

Newspapers

Catalogs & Magazines

Phone Books

soft drink cans

Snack boxes

Tissue boxes

Cardboard from battery packs

V P A B P E A N U T B U T T E R J A R S W D G P E

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A R M Z C J X N L O O A W Q C R T I I I T O T O M

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M I C T N Y U I B O P R A P B A S J D S S F S L Y

I C E G D P H J I K L Z E I S S X U U A C V A E A

N E R B S L A N N M Q W E C R T T G Y N U I N S E

U C E A C A S P D F O O G K Y I H S J D K K D L R

M A A Z H S C X E C V B N L M C M N B C V M J X O

F R L Z O T O A S R D F G E H T L J K A L Q A W S

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A E T E R A T H I N C A R D B O A R D C V B N M I

A L U M I N U M C A N S U H X X F O O D C A N S I

1. Victorville Recycles

2. Blue Bin

3. Curbside

4. Home

5. Corrugated Cardboard

6. Magazines and catalogs

7. Newspaper

8. Junk mail

9. Coupons

10. Office and school paper

11. Phone books

12. Thin cardboard

13. Cereal boxes

14. Brown paper bags

15. Glass bottles and jars

16. Peanut butter jars

17. Pickle jars

18. Aluminum cans

19. Aluminum foil

20. Pie tins

21. Steel cans

22. Food cans

23. Soup cans

24. Empty Aerosol Cans

25. Plastic bottles

26. Plastic jars

27. Plastic tubs

28. Plastic trays

29. Milk Jugs

30. Water Bottles

31. Juice Cartons

32. Clean

33. Dry

There are 33 words listed that relate to recycling at home.

These are things that can be put in the blue bin. Can you find them all?

Find the answer key to this Word Search at www.VictorvilleRecycles.com and click on School Programs and then click on Kids Recycle Kit.

Mail Pledge to:

City of Victorville Recycling Program

P.O. Box 5001

Victorville, CA 92393-5001

I, _____________________, pledge to do may part to recycle at home and

at school. I also pledge to reduce waste and to reuse items. I know that

the Earth’s resources are limited, and that by recycling, we make sure there

will be a future where there will be trees, clean air, and clean water. I also

pledge to help my family and friends recycle as much as they can and to

tell people about how important it is to recycle.

I have completed the following activities:

Please send me - (Check one only)

Recycle Ranger Badge -OR- Recycle Squad Button

Also, Please send me a Recycling Refrigerator Magnet

Date Activity

Recycle At Home Word Search

How To Recycle At Home Checklist

Homemade Recycle Box Activity

Completed Recycling Pledge

Name (Printed)

Address

Phone Number

City, State, Zip

(Please Print Clearly.)

Signature Date

1. Complete the activities in your Recycling Tool Kit.

2. Fill out the Recycling Pledge Form on the other side of

this paper.

3. Choose to receive a Recycle Badge or Button on your

pledge form.

4. Send in your Pledge Form to:

5. The City of Victorville Recycling Program will mail your

Recycle Badge or Button to you.

Thank you for Recycling!

City of Victorville Recycling Program

P.O. Box 5001

Victorville, CA 92393-5001