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 12 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: A used tissue, A shoebox kept for storing toys, An empty glass bottle

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: Yesterday's newspaper, Paper with one clean side, used for drawing, A candy wrapper

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: A used plaster, A jam jar washed out to hold pencils, A rinsed plastic milk bottle

Use it againRecycle itPut it in the trash can

LessonPrint · K-ESS3-3 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away?

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. A shoebox kept for storing toys — Use it again 2. A used tissue — Put it in the trash can 3. An empty glass bottle — Recycle it
2.1. A candy wrapper — Put it in the trash can 2. Paper with one clean side, used for drawing — Use it again 3. Yesterday's newspaper — Recycle it
3.1. A jam jar washed out to hold pencils — Use it again 2. A rinsed plastic milk bottle — Recycle it 3. A used plaster — Put it in the trash can

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