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 5 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 jam jar washed out to hold pencils, A flattened cereal box, A used tissue
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 cloth shopping bag taken to the store again
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, An empty drinks can, Paper with one clean side, used for drawing
Use it againRecycle itPut it in the trash can
LessonPrint · K-ESS3-3 · Set 5 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away?
Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A flattened cereal box — Recycle it 2. A jam jar washed out to hold pencils — Use it again 3. A used tissue — Put it in the trash can
2.1. A cloth shopping bag taken to the store again — Use it again 2. A rinsed plastic milk bottle — Recycle it 3. Chewed chewing gum — Put it in the trash can
3.1. A used plaster — Put it in the trash can 2. An empty drinks can — Recycle it 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.