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 2 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 rinsed plastic milk bottle, A jam jar washed out to hold pencils, A candy wrapper

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 shoebox kept for storing toys, An empty glass bottle, Chewed chewing gum

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 flattened cereal box, Paper with one clean side, used for drawing, A used tissue

Use it againRecycle itPut it in the trash can

LessonPrint · K-ESS3-3 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away?

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. A candy wrapper — Put it in the trash can 2. A jam jar washed out to hold pencils — Use it again 3. A rinsed plastic milk bottle — Recycle it
2.1. A shoebox kept for storing toys — Use it again 2. An empty glass bottle — Recycle it 3. Chewed chewing gum — Put it in the trash can
3.1. A flattened cereal box — Recycle it 2. A used tissue — Put it in the trash can 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.