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 23 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 jam jar washed out to hold pencils, An empty drinks can, 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: Chewed chewing gum, A rinsed plastic milk bottle, A shoebox kept for storing toys

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 tissue, Yesterday's newspaper, A cloth shopping bag taken to the store again

Use it againRecycle itPut it in the trash can

LessonPrint · K-ESS3-3 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away?

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. A jam jar washed out to hold pencils — Use it again 2. A used plaster — Put it in the trash can 3. An empty drinks can — Recycle it
2.1. A rinsed plastic milk bottle — Recycle it 2. A shoebox kept for storing toys — Use it again 3. Chewed chewing gum — Put it in the trash can
3.1. A cloth shopping bag taken to the store again — Use it again 2. A used tissue — Put it in the trash can 3. Yesterday's newspaper — Recycle it

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