PaginePaginepagineapp.comWhen you drop a plastic bottle into a recycling bin, its journey is not over. It is just beginning a second life!
First, trucks take the recycling to a sorting centre. Machines and workers separate paper, plastic, glass and metal.
Next, the plastic bottles are washed, chopped into flakes and melted. The plastic can be made into new bottles, playground slides, or even the fleece in a warm jacket.
Recycling saves energy and means less rubbish goes into landfills. But the best choice is to reduce what we use and reuse what we can.
A Pagine Original passage.
1. Where does recycling go first?
2. List three materials that are separated.
3. What can old plastic bottles become?
4. Name two benefits of recycling.
5. According to the author, what is even better than recycling?
6. Why does the author call it a "second life"?
Worksheets › Grade 3 › Reading comprehension
Free 3rd grade reading comprehension worksheet: "Recycling: A Second Life", an original non-fiction passage with 6 questions. Answer key included. Skill: Reading informational text: key details and main idea. Level: Grade 3 — also suits Year 4 (UK).
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It is designed for Grade 3 (ages 8–9), but use it with any child who is ready.
Reading informational text: key details and main idea.
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