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Students learn how paper is made. Working together, they make their own paper. This activity introduces students to recycling; what it is, its importance, and how it affects their lives.

As our landfills are filling up and raw resources are depleting, recycling is becoming more necessary. Engineers develop technologies to improve the efficiency of recycling human-made materials. Recycled paper is becoming more common as more people are recycling and new methods evolve to make the process more efficient. How paper is made.How new paper can be made from old, used paper.The importance of recycling.140TeachEngineering.orgS101838CMassachusettsScience1.2 Identify and explain some possible uses for natural materials (e.g., wood, cotton, fur, wool) and human-made materials (e.g., plastic, Styrofoam).-12United StatesCopyright 2012 - Center for Engineering Educational Outreach, Tufts Universityhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-11-061Teacher