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That’s the motto for: "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
---New England Proverb
- Making decisions when shopping to make less waste.
- Deciding not to throw something usable away. Instead, repair it, use it in another way, or find someone else who has a use for it;
- Separating out things from the rest of the trash that can be remanufactured into something useful. This includes material like paper or plastics, or leaves and clippings for green waste composting.
Click here to find out what can be recycled in the blue bin program.
Some things cannot be recycled or composted, and they must be disposed of properly (not littered) in a sanitary landfill.
- Recycle Guys Cartoons explain the Recycling Cycle . There are holiday craft projects made from recycled materials, and an activity book. (North Carolina)
- Recycling & Beyond A story that explains how things are recycled; a quiz asks what to do with an item: recycle, compost, give to charity or put in the trash; a quiz on how to reduce waste; and a find-a-word puzzle. (Wisconsin)
- Bird Feeders Make bird feeders by reusing things like mild jugs, cans, and pie plates
- Holiday Crafts Holiday ideas that reuse and reduce
- Crafts from Recycling Monthly craft activities using recycled materials including Halloween masks, lawn bowling, and Valentine Day cards. (Twin Cities)
- Steel Can Recycling The steel can recycling industry sponsors Roscoe’s Recycle Room with useful facts on steel recycling plus activities
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/recycling/ Teacher lesson plans co-sponsored by the paper industry including a Project Learning Tree exercise on making paper.
From Massachusetts, lessons for the classrooms:
- Trash Treasure Chest Students pick castaways from a treasure chest for an art project.
- Classroom Compost Students build a compost pile in an aquarium and monitor for a year.
- Wise Use of Paper Students collect and weigh classroom paper, and graph the results
- Graphing Markets for Recyclables Middle or High School students interview recyclers about prices for commodities, distances to be hauled and graph and analyze the results
US EPA Garbage & Recycling Education
- Adventures of the Garbage Gremlin A clever story of the Gremlin’s Life in Grime that covers solid waste, waste reduction, composting and recycling, and students set up a school-recycling program.
- Planet Protectors Youthful Planet Protector Detectives star in four interactive stories. (Requires Adobe Reader). Also, there are links to a coloring book and games.
- Waste No Words Interactive crossword puzzle offers additional information for the correct word.
- Teachers' Facts on Waste Glossary, statistics, facts, handbook, and tips.
- Students' Facts on Waste Glossary, facts, figures, and what can be done.
- Recycle City For Grades 6-8 students, play the Dumptown Game (requires Shockwave), and explore tips for homes and cities.
- Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Facts and Links A resource for research papers.
- EPA Student Center Links to Science Fair Fun and Consumer’s Handbook for Reducing Waste.
- Middle School Resources EPA links to middle school educational resources, including some in Spanish.
EcoKids Online (Canada) Links for kids
- Yard Sale Game Reuse
- Anita Cleans her Room Game Sort for reuse or recycling.
- Waste Quiz Test your knowledge
- Great Garbage Caper Investigate and solve a case for the principal.
Keep America Beautiful (KAB)
- Adventures of KAB Man Super hero KAB Man fights against litter and improper recycling in cartoons. There are games, as well.
- How my community can reduce waste An overview of solid waste and recycling with links to pre-recycling and composting. (The Annenberg Foundation)
- NYC Solid Waste Educational Resources A long compendium of resources, including book titles, websites, videos, organizations, and a glossary from the New York City Resource Directory for Solid Waste. (For parents, teachers, or upper level students research papers)
- Recycled Paper, Crafts, and Puzzles A website rich with ideas: edible landfill, worm farm, recycled paper, art from scraps, paper bag creations, holiday crafts, school waste audit, celebration ideas for America Recycles Day. (St. Louis, MO)
California Integrated Waste Management Board (for kids)
- Kids' Quiz Interactive quiz on all aspects of waste management
- Kids be Green Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Challenge Game
- Kids be Green Activities Compost, worm bins, and bird feeders
- Make Recycled Paper (PBS Kids)
Trash Sort as Archaeology
- Interpret Trash (American Museum of Natural History)
Pre-Cycling (Waste Reduction) What to do and not to do to generate less waste
- Pre-Cycling Tips (Environmental Defense Fund)
- PlanetPals PreCycle Tips Tips with a downloadable shopping list. (Note-there are some advertising links on this site.)
- Pre-Cycling Tips & Alternatives (City of Springfield, MO)
- Waste Reduction and Recycling Tips (City of San Diego, CA) Reduction, reuse and recycling tips. Includes contacts to stop junk mail delivery
Composting
- How to Backyard Compost How students can set up composting by the Groundwater Foundation
For Colleges and Universities
- RecycleMania This is a recycling competition at the college and university level that may be a model for high schools and middle schools. Every year participating schools add ideas for generating enthusiasm about recycling.
- Dorm Move-Out Reuse Event How-to guide for holding a reuse event for dorm move-out, a time that fills garbage bins with things of value to others.
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