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Recycling

Games

1. Dumptown Game (Environmental Protection Administration)
   Provides a game that teaches the cost and benefits of some of different types of recycling programs. Requires the free Shockwave plug-in. 12-01

Lesson Plans

1. Recycling (Donn)
   Provides lessons, links, and activities related to recycling.
2. Waste - Curriculum Guide for Management of Solid Waste (North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance)
   Provides a guide for grades K - 8, by grade. Uses PDF format. 1-02
3. Waste - Recycling and Solid Waste Management (North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance)
   Provides lessons and curriculum guides, by grade within each guide. Uses PDF format. 1-02

Lists

1. Environmental Defense Fund
2. Garbage Consequences (Environmental Defense)
   Describes the amount of waste we create by not recylcing, based on items in a garbage can. 12-01
3. Organizations and Projects tto Support the Enviroment (EcoFuture.org)
   Provides a listing of over 100 organizations involved with improving the environment. 1-01
4. Recycler's World
   "Recycler's World was established as a world wide trading site for information related to secondary or recyclable commodities, by-products, used & surplus items or materials."
5. Recycling (100TopRecyclingSites.com)
   Provides a list of 100 carefully selected sites. 12-01
6. Recycling - Career Center
7. Recycling - Publications List
8. Recycling - Organizations Worldwide
9. Recycling - Organizations in the USA
10. Recycling Resources (Annenberg-CPB - Learner.org)
    Provides a carefully selected list of resources on recycling. 12-01
11. Recycling Resources (Ramola)
    Provides sources of information on recycling. 6-01
12. Waste - Recycling Organizations and Campaigns Globally (GrassRoots Recycling Network)
    Provides resources on "zero waste" by region and country. 1-02
13. Waste - Zero Waste Resources (GrassRoots Recycling Network)
    Provides articles on the zero waste approach to recycling. 1-02

Papers

1. Aluminum Can Recycling (GrassRoots Recycling Network)
   Provides statistics related to the cost and savings related to aluminum can recycling and compares the size of the problem with plastic bottle recycling. Visitors sometimes misspell as aluminimum. 1-02
2. Bacteria That Eat Heavy Metal Pollution (University of California at Davis - Hlebica)
   Provides a description of bacteria that make heavy metals nontoxic. 1-01
3. Bacteria That Eat Oil Pollution (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
   Provides a description of bacteria that make oil spills nontoxic. 1-01
4. Batteries - Recycling Centers for Rechargeable Batteries (Rechargeable Batteries Recycling Corporation)
   Provides locations in the USA and Canada for recycling rechargeable batteries that weigh up to two pounds. Some national companies that also recycle batteries include Sears, Radio Shack, Circuit City, Walmart, Target, and BellSouth.7-01
5. Benefits of Recycling (FunnyGreetings.com)
   Provides clear examples of the benefits of various kinds of recycling, such as how many trees are saved. 3-01
6. Biogas Basics (ISAT)
   Describes the chemistry of biogas and its use as a fuel source. Methane, a biogas product, is also a major component of greenhouse gases. 6-01
7. Biogas Chemistry (SD Dimensions)
   Provides key chemical information related to biogas. 6-01
8. Biogas Digester (Superflex Biogassystem - Mallan)
   Describes the value and operation of a biogas digester. 6-01
9. Biogas Glossary (University of Adelaide)
   Describes the value and operation of a biogas digester. 6-01
10. Biogas Power Plants in India (Ecouncil - Karottki and Olesen)
    Summarizes the need for and use of biogas power plants in India. 6-01
11. Bottle Recycling Bills (Container Recycling Institute)
    Provides information on bottle bills that have passed and includes statistics on success. Also includes a history of bottle bill legislation. 1-02
12. Bottle Recycling Campaign (WasteNotGeorgia.org)
    Describes a campaign in Georgia to reduce bottle waste and provides statistics on the size of the problem. 1-02
13. Federal Laws on Waste Disposal, Conservation, and Recycling (National Council for Science and the Environment - McCarthy and Tiemann)
    Summarizes the primary federal laws relating to waste disposal, conservation, and recycling. 6-01
14. Garbage Disposal (Annenberg-CPB - Learner.org)
    Provides facts about the problems in various areas of disposal and recycling, including disposal of hazardous waste and alternative treatment of sewage. Discusses alternative solutions for each set of problems. 12-01
15. History of Municipal Waste (EnvironmentalChemistry.com - Barbalace)
    Provides brief and limited examples of disposal of waste in the past. 9-01
16. History of Recycling (Ramola)
    Provides a few of the historical events related to recycling and waste disposal. 6-01
17. Houshold Chemicals Disposal (EnvironmentalChemistry.com - Barbalace)
    Provides guidelines and a chart (at the bottom) for disposing of common household chemicals. 9-01
18. Landfill Recycling (Fresh Kills Landfill)
    Describes a city's efforts to recycle materials at one of the USA's largest landfills. 12-01
19. Locations of Recycling Centers (ThriftyPlanet.com)
    Provides locations of recycling centers by zip code. 6-01
20. Recycle City (EPA)
    Provides information on recycling for kids.
21. Recycling - Explanation for Kids (Environmental Protection Agency)
    Provides information on recycling of trash, garbage, and other solid waste. 12-00
22. Recycling Activities Using Art (Imagination Factory - Brackney)
    Provides examples of activities that promote awareness of the need to recycle, as well as artistic opportunities provided by the need to recycle.
23. Recycling Campaigns for Kids and Teachers (GrassRoots Recycling Network)
    Provides statistics related to the cost and savings related to recycling and suggests a variety of campaigns to reduce large amounts of waste. 1-02
24. Recycling Organic Waste (Britannica.com)
    Summarizes a USA Today on recycling human and other waste for use in agriculture. 6-01
25. Recycling Resources (City of Santa Monica)
    Describes a city's comprehensive program to recycle. 12-01
26. Sewage Recycling (City of Arcata)
    Describes how waste water is treated using a marsh and similar natural biological breakdown processes to clean the water. 12-01
27. Sewage Recycling (KQED - GreenMeans)
    Describes a program that sends city sewage to a series of ponds that process the waste naturally and then sends the clean water into the ocean. 12-00
28. TV Recycling Plant in Japan (Matsushita Seiko Engineering)
    Provides a diagram and instructions on how television tubes can be recycled. 12-01
29. Waste - Creating Less Trash at School (Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance)
    Provides suggestions for reducing waste at school. Uses PDF format. 12-01
30. Waste - Creating Less Waste While Traveling (Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance)
    Provides suggestions for reducing waste while traveling. Uses PDF format. 12-01
31. Waste - Creating Less Waste at Home (Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance)
    Provides suggestions for reducing waste at home. Uses PDF format. 12-01
32. Waste - Household Toxic Waste Disposal 1 (Earth911.org)
    Provides locations for disposal of household toxic wastes, such as used motor oil and oil filters, pesticides, fertilizers, paints and solvents, yard and grass clippings, and pet waste. (Select the type of toxic waste and then a link at the bottom of that page provides locations for disposal.) 12-01
33. Waste - Household Toxic Waste Disposal 2 (Earth911.org)
    Provides locations for disposal of household toxic wastes, including adhesives, ammunition, antifreeze, asbestos, brake fluid, car batteries, degreasers, explosives, fertilizers, fluorescent light bulb disposal, fungicides, gasoline and unwanted fuels, herbicides, household batteries, household cleaners, insecticides, items containing mercury, paint disposal, paint donation, reuse paint thinners, pesticides, photographic chemicals, pool chemicals, smoke detectors, solvents, transmission fluid, unwanted or outdated medications, used motor oil, used oil filters, and used tires. 12-01
34. Waste - No-Waste Lawn and Garden (Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance)
    Provides tips on how to create healthier lawns and gardens, while greatly reducing landfill waste and other kinds of waste. Uses PDF format. 1-02
35. Waste - Systemic Approach to Zero Waste (Eco-Cycle - Matsch)
    Describes key areas of change that will have a strong impact on reducing waste, pollution, and landfills. Suggestions are at the level of policies, procedures, and laws. 1-02
36. Waste - Zero Waste Philosophy and Cost Savings (Environmental News Network - Elston)
    "Proponents of Zero Waste maintain that garbage isn't a disposal problem; it's an engineering one. They believe that garbage is designed into our production cycle. To remedy the current garbage crisis, they say, we need a new design principle — a system geared toward eliminating waste rather than one that manages it once it's been created." "The key to the Zero Waste system is to see garbage as a valuable resource and not as waste." "Companies that have adopted the Zero Waste philosophy are finding that it not only cuts garbage production and disposal costs but also reduces manufacturing costs." 1-02

Projects

1. Media Campaign for Recycling (Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance)
   Provides free media that you can use to conduct a public awareness campaign in your own community to increase recycling and reduce waste. 1-02
2. Recycle - Card Game (Hoskowicz)
   Provides a game in which children, ages 8-12, learn which items normally in the trash can be recycled. 6-99
3. Recycling (Lighthouse Publications)
   Provides a picture and asks the student to identify what should not have been in the dump.