Recycling Facts For Kids
I think its essential to breakdown recycling facts for kids, it needs to be simple and understandable in a language kids can relate to. It should be explained that our ecosystem has a delicate balance between plants, animals, decomposers and soil.
Children should learn about the importance of plants and animals. If plants, such as trees, have to be cut down to make paper, certain animals that live in trees are made homeless. All the birds, squirrels, insects and bugs, sloths, iguanas, monkeys, tree frogs and flying dragons, to name but a few will be left without a place to live. If we can conserve and recycle, less trees will be cut down. In California, nearly 95% of Coast Redwood forest has been cut down. This is a big loss for the environment. When animals lose their homes, they are at risk to becoming endangered or threatened animal species.
I don’t think people realise just how important animals are to our ecosystem. For example, birds control the insect population since they consume them for food. If birds leave an area because trees are cut down, there would be a dramatic increase in insects – this would lead to a reduction in the food they eat, as more would need to feed.
Decomposers and soil are also very important to our ecosystem. Natural recycling (things like bacteria, bugs, mushrooms and worms) are nature’s recycler. When a tree dies, the bark will decomose and become soil. The soil then is rich in nutrients and goodness to become the catalyst for new plants.
When trees are cut down, the roots no longer hold down the soil, it is blown away and the rich topsoil is gone. This makes it difficult for new plants to grow. This post has been but a few reasons why we need to recycle and the effects of just cutting down a few trees in a forest can have!
