Three R’s to save the environment:

We can reduce pressure on the environment by applying the maxim of ‘Reduce, Recycle and Reuse’ in our lives.

Reduce means ‘to use less’.

• By switching off unnecessary lights and fans to save electricity.
• By repairing leaky taps to save water.
• By not wasting food.

Recycle means to collect plastic, paper, glass and metal items and recycle these materials to make required things.

• In order to recycle, firstly segregation of waste is necessary so that materials that can be recycled are not dumped along with other wastes.

Reuse means ‘to use things again and again’.

• The used envelopes can be reversed and used again instead of being thrown away.
• The plastic bottles of food items like jam or pickle can be used for storing things in the kitchen.