Students evaluate trash. In this Science lesson plan, students collect and weigh trash from their classrooms. Students categorize the trash and the corresponding weights, recording the information on a data sheet.

Young scholars investigate how much waste we produce and how we dispose of it.

Everything you ever wanted to know about every household product available, from battery disposal to detergent and glue.

This article chronicles the problems of disposing obsolete computers and other electronics, the harmful substances they add to landfills here and abroad, and projections for the future.