These resources will assist you in teaching your students about the waste we generate in our schools, homes, and communitiesand what we can all do to make a difference! From classroom activities, to starting a school electronics recycling program, these materials will help you and your students learn what we can do to reduce and better manage waste in the world around us. Many of these resources are provided in both English and Spanish.
Basic
Facts About Waste
Provides information about the amount and types of wastes
produced by households, businesses, and industrial and manufacturing
processes. Also includes information on how to reduce the
amount of solid waste generated in our schools, homes, and
communities.
Composting
& Recycling
Provides links to general information about recycling and
composting, as well as detailed information on how to set
up a school recycling program.
Curriculum
& Activities
Provides tools and resources for teachers and youth leaders
including project ideas, games, clip art, mapping tools, and
other educational materials.
Student
Awards & Grants
Provides information on awards, grants, and scholarships available
to students through government agencies, as well as private
organizations.
Tools to Reduce Waste in Schools
Tools to Reduce Waste in Schools provides schools,
school districts, and school business officials with information
on reducing, reusing, and recycling your waste.
Teach
English, Teach about the Environment (PDF) (133
pp, 1.9MB, about
PDF)
This curriculum will help you teach English to adult students
while introducing basic concepts about the environment and
individual environmental responsibility. These concepts can
help the newly-arrived be part of cleaner and healthier communities
by understanding and practicing the “3Rs” of solid
waste management – reduce, reuse, recycle.
Clancy the Mercury Detecting Dog, EPA, and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency teamed up to create the Keep Your Paws Off Mercury campaign to teach students across the country about mercury and its dangers. The cornerstone of the Keep Your Paws Off Mercury campaign is an educational video that shows students where mercury can be found in schools and what to do if they see it.
Climate Change - What You Can Do at School
Students, educators and school administrators can all play a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This site provides a directory of some education and action planning resources to help you.