What Happens to Our Trash?
Sanitation workers have a really important job.
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Lesson Resources
Teaching Information
Categories
Standards
Earth and Space
Earth’s resources are limited, and materials can be reused, recycled, and conserved.
Economics
People in our communities have jobs.
Key Words
barges
compost
decompose
fertilizer
landfill
packer blade
recycle
sanitation workers
1.
Who picks up the trash in a garbage truck?
2.
What happens when the garbage truck starts to get full?
3.
Why are sanitation workers important?
4.
A _________________ is where trash gets dumped into a huge pile.
5.
What is one way to keep some trash from taking up space in a landfill?
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