We taught Julius how to put all of our empty plastic bottles in the recycling bin. He has always loved carrying them & so we decided to turn it into something useful. With as much water as I drink, Julius stays busy.
We just would give Julius the empty bottle, lead him over to the big recycling bin so that his mouth was hovering over it & tell him to drop it. Once he mastered that, we added on the name that we wanted him to associate with dropping it in the bin. That word was recycle.
So when I hand him a bottle, I'll tell him to "go recycle" & he RACES to the bin, spits the bottle out & is waiting for the next one.
It's pretty darn cute & useful on the days when I'm camped out on the couch with the laptop doing work.
Brooke