(a) Collect pieces of different kinds of paper. Find out which of these can be recycled.
(b) With the help of a lens look at the pieces of paper you collected for the above question. Do you see any difference in the material of a recycled paper and a new sheet of paper?

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(a) The papers of newspaper, notebook, magazines etc. can be recycled.
Cardboard, catalogues, envelops etc. can be recycled.
Christmas cards without glitters can be recycled and reused.
Papers that have plastic coating in them or have shiny appearance cannot be recycled.
(b) Recycled paper is rough but a new sheet of paper is smooth.
Recycled paper is uneven or irregular.
A new sheet of paper is uniform throughout.

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(b) With the help of a lens look at the pieces of paper you collected for the above question. Do you see any difference in the material of a recycled paper and a new sheet of paper?