TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: 3 Rc (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Compost)
In this lesson plan, students expand their understanding of solid waste management to include the idea of 3RC (reduce, reuse, recycle and compost). They will look at the effects of packaging decisions (reducing) and learn about...
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Air and Waste Management Association
Information and links to environmental issues. Specifically, air and waste management issues.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Garbage: Solid Waste
In this article, you can learn about solid wastes. It discusses the problems associated with disposal and possible solutions.
Government of Alberta
Alberta Environment: Focus on Waste Reduction [Pdf]
This article explains how waste is managed in Alberta and the systems in place to practise the four R's (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover) of waste management.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Waste Management
Learn all the aspects of waste management including recycling and solid waste disposal.
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Planet Ark: World Environmental News
Welcome to Planet Ark's daily Reuters World Environment News - the most comprehensive source of environmental news on the Net. To read previous news stories, please use the search engine below to find stories relating to any...
eSchool Today
E School Today: What Young People Can Do to Help With Waste Management
A quick guide for students for helping with waste management through reducing, reusing, and recycling.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Availability of Natural Resources
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explores some of the factors that affect the cost of resources, such as availability, ease of extraction, and politics.
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Clean Sweep u.s.a.: Energy to Burn [Pdf]
This informative and interactive site examines how we can get power from garbage. Topics include: waste to energy plants, only ash remains, a bright idea, and more.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Printable Lesson: Litterbug Clean Up!
In this printable lesson, children will learn about the environment by going outdoors and picking up litter. Use this printable lesson, video clips, science notebook pages, and support materials from the PBS KIDS show Elinor Wonders Why...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Be the Change: Our Earth What a Waste?
Read about how the people of Wisconsin are recycling much of their waste and how this is helping the environment.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Be the Change: Waste Minimization
Where does trash go when you throw it away? Is there really an 'away?' Watch a video about trash and conduct a waste audit at your school to see how much waste is produced, what types, and what goes into producing it. Then see what waste...
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Timelines: Wood Fuel
A brief explanation of the use of wood as a fuel in the past, followed by an unrelated timeline of the history of waste management.
Other
Container Recycling Institute: A Behind the Scenes Guide to Things We Buy [Pdf]
A one-page information sheet on the costs of not recycling drink containers, actions one can take to reduce such waste, and some websites with more information. The information is from 2004 but still useful for a discussion of this topic.
Planet Pals
Planet Pals: Litterbug Game
Learn some interesting facts concerning the impact twelve ordinary items can have on the environment.
Planet Pals
Planet Pals: Litterbug Game
Learn some interesting facts concerning the impact twelve ordinary items can have on the environment.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Media Campaign
As a culminating activity for a waste management unit, students could undertake this task. It involves creating a media message, e.g., a pamphlet or video, to highlight the current waste management situation and to promote more...
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Sort and Sift [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will examine the litter they produce in their classroom and that their families produce at home, and identify ways they can reduce waste and recycle more.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Once More With Feeling [Pdf]
For this activity, learners will explore creative ways that materials can be reused. They will then create a commercial to advertise innovative ideas. Follow-up suggestions include having a sale or contacting local secondhand stores.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: The Abandoned Mine [Pdf]
For this mini-unit, learners will research urban waste disposal issues, and investigate the practicality and environmental impact of using an abandoned mine as a landfill.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Think Green [Pdf]
Students will explore what is involved in printer cartridge recycling, and look at its potential as a school fundraiser.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Whose Garbage Is It? [Pdf]
After researching the political and environmental issues around Toronto, Ontario's shipment of its waste to Ann Arbor, Michigan, students will hold a debate and write an opinion paper.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Audit of Household Waste [Pdf]
After performing an audit of their families' household garbage, young scholars compare their results in class and come up with ways they can encourage environmentally friendly practices at home.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Where Do Wastes Come From? [Pdf]
For this activity, young scholars research what types of waste humans produce and different ways of disposing of it.