One Small Step: Make Recycling Easy for Kids
It seems easy enough to get recyclables into the recycling bins, but kids can get confused. I know this for a fact, because my son has asked me at least 5,639 times, “Which container does (holds up an item) this go in?”
One small step that can make this easier for your kids is to add pictures to the bins. Yeah, some bins have pictures, but they’re not all that great. Use your digital camera to take photos of typical items you recycle at home, and tape them onto the correct bins. Another idea is to have your child draw pictures – but only do this if your child draws well enough to remind himself which bin is which.
[image via Jennifer's stock collection]
We are lucky here, when recycling we don’t have to sort items. Glass, plastic and metal cans all go in the same bin. There are smaller bins around the county that you need to sort, but the dump station we go to is just one huge bin. But having pictures for younger kids is a great idea. Also maybe having different color bins would be helpful.