Home / Science / Printables / Kindergarten / Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away? 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.
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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: Chewed chewing gum, An empty glass bottle, Paper with one clean side, used for drawing
Use it again Recycle it Put it in the trash can
2. Sort each one: Use it again or Recycle it or Put it in the trash can?
Sort: A rinsed plastic milk bottle, A candy wrapper, A jam jar washed out to hold pencils
Use it again Recycle it Put 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, A cloth shopping bag taken to the store again
Use it again Recycle it Put it in the trash can
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Answer key — Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away? Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.
1. 1. An empty glass bottle — Recycle it 2. Chewed chewing gum — Put it in the trash can 3. Paper with one clean side, used for drawing — Use it again 2. 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 3. 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 Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K-ESS3-3 of the Next Generation Science Standards.