Earth Day and Recycling

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Across
  1. 2. To separate items into groups
  2. 5. Recycled into a lower-value product
  3. 9. The place where families put recyclables for pickup
  4. 13. Dirty food or wrong materials mixed into recycling
  5. 15. A plastic material type
Down
  1. 1. The environmental holiday celebrated each year on April 22
  2. 3. Plastic #2 used for milk jugs and detergent bottles
  3. 4. The main material discussed in the reading
  4. 6. Last name of the senator who helped start Earth Day
  5. 7. A materials recovery facility where recyclables are sorted
  6. 8. To make used material into something new
  7. 10. Another word for Earth
  8. 11. Tied together before shipping to another company
  9. 12. Plastic #1 used for many drink bottles
  10. 14. The month when Earth Day is celebrated