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 25 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: Chewed chewing gum, Yesterday's newspaper, Paper with one clean side, used for drawing

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: An empty drinks can, A cloth shopping bag taken to the store again, A used plaster

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 candy wrapper, An empty glass bottle, A yoghurt pot used to sow a seed

Use it againRecycle itPut it in the trash can

LessonPrint · K-ESS3-3 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away?

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Chewed chewing gum — Put it in the trash can 2. Paper with one clean side, used for drawing — Use it again 3. Yesterday's newspaper — Recycle it
2.1. A cloth shopping bag taken to the store again — Use it again 2. A used plaster — Put it in the trash can 3. An empty drinks can — Recycle it
3.1. A candy wrapper — Put it in the trash can 2. A yoghurt pot used to sow a seed — Use it again 3. An empty glass bottle — Recycle it

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