Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away? is a free printable Kindergarten science worksheet on reusing and recycling to reduce what people throw away, aligned to NGSS performance expectation K-ESS3-3. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 10 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

One paper per student

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away?

K-ESS3-3

NameDate

Sort each one into the right group.

1.Sort each one: Use it again or Recycle it or Put it in the trash can?

Sort: Yesterday's newspaper, A cloth shopping bag taken to the store again, A used plaster

Use it againRecycle itPut it in the trash can

2.Sort each one: Use it again or Recycle it or Put it in the trash can?

Sort: A flattened cereal box, A chip bag, A jam jar washed out to hold pencils

Use it againRecycle itPut it in the trash can

3.Sort each one: Use it again or Recycle it or Put it in the trash can?

Sort: Paper with one clean side, used for drawing, An empty glass bottle, A used tissue

Use it againRecycle itPut it in the trash can

LessonPrint · K-ESS3-3 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away?

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. A cloth shopping bag taken to the store again — Use it again 2. A used plaster — Put it in the trash can 3. Yesterday's newspaper — Recycle it
2.1. A chip bag — Put it in the trash can 2. A flattened cereal box — Recycle it 3. A jam jar washed out to hold pencils — Use it again
3.1. A used tissue — Put it in the trash can 2. An empty glass bottle — Recycle it 3. Paper with one clean side, used for drawing — Use it again

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K-ESS3-3 of the Next Generation Science Standards.