In this book you will find two amazing stories about reusing things. You will meet amazing characters and their stories. We invite you on a journey where you will find new ideas about recycling things.

One story is written by Agorastoudis Thomas, Papadopoulou Varvara, Ragatsi Dimitra, Chantoglou Xrysoula,Çiğdem Aşık. Onother one is by Egle Slaninaite-Bucne, Jolanta Beniusyte.

Agorastoudis Thomas, Papadopoulou Varvara, Ragatsi Dimitra and  Chantoglou Xrysoula of 2nd Primary Schoolof Sindos, Çiğdem Aşık

Once upon a time, in the world of objects, everything had a story to tell. Every plastic bottle, every cardboard box, even old newspapers had a second life waiting to be given to them. But something important was needed for them to be reborn: recycling and reuse!

This book will take you on a journey to a world where materials aren’t thrown away, but transformed into something new and wonderful. You’ll discover how small changes in our lives can make our world cleaner and more beautiful.

Get ready for an adventure full of imagination, with objects that come back to life and create new wonders. It’s time to learn how we can all take care of our Earth — together!

Authors: Agorastoudis Thomas, Papadopoulou Varvara, Ragatsi Dimitra and Chantoglou Chrysoula, 2nd Primary School of Sindos and Cigdem Asik.Aşıkem Aşık

Behind Mrs. Elpiniki’s garbage bin, an old cardboard box was waiting.

Once, it had held a brand-new shoe.

Now, it was crumpled, dirty... and sad.

No one needs me anymore..

Little Orfeas was passing by.

He had a spark-filled imagination and a gaze that

saw beyond things.

You look like
a fallen castle... would you like to become something else?

With scissors, paints, glue, and masking tape, Orfeas began to create.
 He cut out little windows, painted flags, and stuck on bottle caps for wheels.
The box became a ROBOT!

Your name will be Riky!

The neighborhood children stopped playing only with balls.
 They started making things out of trash —
 boats from old bottles and little animals from kitchen rolls.
 Mrs. Elpiniki’s yard turned into a small museum of creativity.

 At first, Orfeas’s mother raised her eyebrows.  But when she saw the robot singing, she smiled.

So much trash in the house? Maybe recycling doesn’t only happen in the bins. Maybe it happens in ideas too.

The box-robot stood at the entrance of the school.  Next to it, there was a sign that read: I’m not trash. I’m a second chance. Recycle me with love. And everyone, young and old, read it.  And something inside them changed.

I’m not trash.

I’m a second chance.

Recycle me with love.

When Orfeas saw it, he gently petted it and whispered to it.

You're not trash.
You're a friend

I’m not trash.

I’m a second chance.

Recycle me with love.