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Students: Resources
The resources below will help you learn more about solid waste and what you can do to reduce the amount of waste that is created everyday.
General Information
Composting
Climate Change
Product Stewardship
Online Tools
General Information
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EPA's Student
Center
This Web site allows you to explore a wide range of environmental
issues. Topics include waste
and recycling, air, water, conservation, and ecosystems.
Fun activities and games are also provided.
Rotten
Truth About Garbage 
Learn more about municipal solid waste: What Is Garbage?,
There's No "Away", Nature Recycles, and Making Choices.
Handle
with Care: How To Throw Out Used Insulin Syringes and Lancets
at Home: A Booklet for Young People with Diabetes and Their
Families (PDF) (10 pp,
460K)
Provides easy directions on how to protect your family and
waste handlers from injury, while keeping the environment
clean and safe.
Consumer
Tips
Helps you realize everyday opportunities to conserve our natural
resources and save energy by committing to reusing and recycling
more materials, and using recycled and recyclable products.
Composting
Composting
Learn what composting is and what compost can be used for.
GreenScaping:
The Easy Way to a Greener, Healthier Yard
Learn how changing your landscape to a GreenScape, over time
can save time and money and protect the environment.
Greenscaping
Your Lawn & Garden (PDF) (8
pp, 958K) | en
Español (PDF) (8 pp, 313K)
Learn about the benefits of grasscycling, mulching, and composting
and how they can help us improve the environment.
Composting
in Schools
Learn about the environmental benefits of composting and ideas
for student research projects (provided by Cornell University).
Climate Change
Waste
and Climate Change
Did you know that waste reduction and recycling can
help stop global climate change? Learn how solid waste and
climate change are related.
Product Stewardship
Product Stewardship
Learn how product stewardship teaches us to reduce the life-cycle
environmental effects of the products we use everyday.
Environmentally
Preferable Purchasing (EPP)
Learn how environmentally preferable purchasing—also
known as "EPP"—encourages us to purchase environmentally
preferable products and services.
Let's
Go Green Shopping (PDF) (12
pp, 266K) | en
Español (PDF) (12 pp, 275K)
Learn the importance of buying products that help conserve
natural resources, save energy, and prevent waste.
Plug-In
to eCycling
Learn how reusing or recycling your unwanted electronics—like
old computers or TVs—is a smart move that can really
help the environment.
The
Life Cycle of a CD/DVD (PDF) (2
pp, 400K) | en
Español (PDF) (2 pp, 1.1MB)
Believe it or not, people throw away millions of music CDs
each year! This two-page poster explains how CDs and DVDs
are made and how you can help reduce their environmental impacts
when you don't want them anymore.
The
Life Cycle of a Cell Phone (PDF) (2
pp, 648K) | en
Español (PDF) (2 pp, 540K)
Don't throw away your old cell phone. This two-page poster
explains how cell phones are made and how you can help reduce
their environmental impacts when you don't want them anymore.
The
Life Cycle of a Soccer Ball (PDF) (2
pp, 648K) | en
Español (PDF) (2 pp, 4.3MB)
This two-page poster explains how soccer balls are made and
how you can help reduce their environmental impacts when you
don't want them anymore.
Online Tools
Envirofacts Warehouse
Allows you to input your zip code and obtain environmental
information about where you live. You can search for information
on waste sites and waste activities by clicking on the Waste
link.
Window to
My Environment
Provides information about environmental conditions and features
in your area of choice. By entering your zip code or a city
and state name, you can easily generate an interactive map
that shows the location of EPA regulated facilities, monitoring
sites, water bodies, other information. You can also view
information on environmental issues like air and water quality,
watershed health, EPA Superfund sites, fish advisories, and
impaired waters.