Reuse + Recycle = Waste Reduction: A Guide for Schools &
Groups
Adobe PDF File [676 KB]
This booklet is designed for schools and community groups to
encourage waste reduction programs. It lists the benefits of
waste prevention and provides case studies of waste reduction
programs that work. The booklet includes steps for starting a
waste reduction program. It is included in
Your
Life, Your World, Your Choices: Everything You Do Can Make a
Difference Kit.
Science Fair Fun -- Designing Environmental Science Projects
Adobe PDF File [263 KB] ||
en Espaņol Adobe PDF File [220 KB]
This booklet is intended to provide students in grades 6 to 8
with ideas and resources for developing environmental science
fair projects, specifically in the areas of reducing, reusing,
and recycling waste materials. Environmental terminology and
topics in this booklet are addressed without in-depth
definition or discussion, under the assumption that students
have been exposed to these topics already through a classroom
environmental science unit. Some kinds of experiments require
more time than others to yield results. Be sure to discuss
your intended time frame when helping students decide on a
project.
The Quest for Less--Activities and Resources for Teaching K-6
The Quest for Less provides hands-on lessons and activities,
enrichment ideas, journal writing assignments and other
educational tools and skills relating to reusing, reducing and
recycling waste. In sequence, The Quest for Less introduces
the concept of natural resources as a source for many products
that become solid waste, explains the life cycle of products
and the quantity and type of waste they produce, and reviews
the common methods of managing waste, including composting,
landfilling, incinerating and preventing waste in the first
place. Teachers can use The Quest for Less in development of,
or as a supplement to, lesson plans, as special week-long
units on the environment and solid waste, or to commemorate
Earth Day. Each chapter includes one or more fact sheets
providing background information on each topic; each activity
provides the suggested duration, materials needed and other
helpful information for teachers. A glossary of terms and a
glossary on skill is also included.
Catalog
of Hazardous and Solid Waste Publications
This catalog lists hazardous and solid waste documents
released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office
of Solid Waste (OSW). This is a select list of publications
that are frequently requested and is not a comprehensive list
of all documents available.
Planet Protectors Club
Order Form
Your free Planet Protectors Club kit takes you on a learning
adventure with challenging activity books, educational games,
and mysterious stories on the Web. The kit provides guides for
elementary school students as well as for parents, teachers,
and after school leaders. Visit the Office of Solid Waste's
Kids' Page at
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/index.htm for more
information. Order the kit in any of the following 3 ways:
- Click on the link to the Order
Form, fill in all of the boxes and click on the submit
button at the bottom of the form.
- Print the flyer out and fill out
the order form on the second page and mail it in.
- Call the RCRA Hotline at
1-800-424-9346.
Official Planet Protectors Club
Certificate
English Adobe PDF File [1147 KB]
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en Espaņol Adobe PDF File [229 KB]
Official Planet Protectors Club Badge
English Adobe PDF File [537 KB]
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en Espaņol
Adobe PDF File [56 KB]
Service-Learning: Education Beyond the Classroom
This booklet describes how students across the country are
gaining hands-on awareness of waste reduction, recycling, and
composting, through solid waste service-learning projects.
Service-learning, an educational experience that combines
knowledge with service and personal reflection, is teaching
kindergarten through 12th-grade students various aspects of
safe solid waste management, such as reducing household
hazardous waste and buying recycled-content products. This
booklet contains 17 profiles of school-based and community
projects. Contacts and additional resources are also included
to provide information on how to start a solid waste
service-learning program.
Volunteer for Change: A Guide to Environmental Community
Service Adobe PDF File [576 KB] ||
en Espaņol Adobe PDF File [576 KB]
This booklet contains just a few examples of vounteer projects
related to solid waste management, including reuse, recycling,
composting, and household hazardous waste projects.
Spanish
Materials
Publications on waste for kids, teens, and adults. Also
includes Fun Facts in Spanish.
