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 22 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away?
K-ESS3-3
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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 cloth shopping bag taken to the store again, A rinsed plastic milk bottle, 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 yoghurt pot used to sow a seed, Chewed chewing gum, Yesterday's newspaper
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: An empty drinks can, A candy wrapper, A shoebox kept for storing toys
Use it againRecycle itPut it in the trash can
LessonPrint · K-ESS3-3 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away?
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A cloth shopping bag taken to the store again — Use it again 2. A rinsed plastic milk bottle — Recycle it 3. A used plaster — Put it in the trash can
2.1. A yoghurt pot used to sow a seed — Use it again 2. Chewed chewing gum — Put it in the trash can 3. Yesterday's newspaper — Recycle it
3.1. A candy wrapper — Put it in the trash can 2. A shoebox kept for storing toys — Use it again 3. An empty drinks can — Recycle it
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K-ESS3-3 of the Next Generation Science Standards.