Other
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection: Just for Kids: Recycling
Why should I recycle? What are recyclable materials? How does recycling work? Learn the answer to these questions and much more on this site about recycling.
Other
Carbon Footprint: Co2 Reduction: Recycling
Use this site to see why recycling is so important. Learn how to reduce and reuse products to help lower your carbon footprint.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Science Rockers: Recycling Paper
Easy recycling experiment through which recycle newspaper, by turning the used paper into pulp and then back to paper.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
What is the point to recycling? Why should we do it? What is the best way to do it? Check out this eco-friendly reminder.
Other
Commercial Paving and Recycling
This site describes products, services, and technology incorporated to recycle construction and demolition wastes in order to reduce the amount of waste destined for the landfill.
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.
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 Kids: Biosphere: Recycling
One important biosphere basic is Recycling. Here's a quick look at this topic as well as the Reduce-Reuse-Recycle concept.
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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.
Other
City of Phoenix: Recyclesaurus Activity Book [Pdf]
This activity book teaches about reducing, reusing, and recycling materials. Students can decode words, color, do a word scramble, and learn how to compost. Written in both English and Spanish.
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.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Environment for Kids: Recycling
Kids learn about recycling and how it helps the environment. What can be recycled and how recycling works for teachers and students.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Scientific Inquiry, Episode 1
In this classroom activity, pupils discuss how people and pollution affect the environment. Then they demonstrate ways to recycle, reduce, and reuse.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Helping Kids Help the Environment
Define and explore the concept of environmental citizenship through a series of literacy-based multimedia, online and hands-on learning experiences. Discover how responsible citizens can help protect their local communities by...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Environment
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
Read Works
Read Works: Too Much Trash
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about recycling to reduce trash in landfills. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Globio
Glossopedia: Earth Day
Earth Day is a worldwide celebration held annually on April 22nd. The purposes of Earth Day, the history of and the various activities held around the world are described. Activities and projects that can be done daily or year round are...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Liberty Lands
In this What's Up In The Environment? video segment, learn how a contaminated plot of land in Philadelphia was recycled into a beautiful public park called Liberty Lands.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Land, Waste, and Cleanup Topics
This site is loaded with information on solid waste and hazardous waste. It includes industries' effects on the environment, waste programs, treatment, control, pollution prevention, recycling, and cleanup programs.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 12.31 Conservation
Understand the structure and function of the human lymphatic system.
Other
Think Green: Think Waste Management
Find out how waste can be recycled and what you can do to aid recycling efforts in your community. With complete overviews of the types of materials that can be recycled: e-waste, paper and cardboard, metals, glass, plastics,...
Other
Keep America Beautiful: How Will You Keep America Beautiful?
An umbrella organization with hundreds of affiliate groups across the United States, whose goal is to educate and motivate people to reduce their litter by recycling, reusing, disposing of things properly, and by changing their consumer...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Create a New Climate for Action
The wealth of information and tools available on this site will assist students and teachers to develop and promote active awareness of the impact human beings have on the environment. Resources are provided to guide them in how to lead...
Other
Colts Neck Township Schools: Hands on Technology: Boxes, Bags and Bottles [Pdf]
Printable classroom-ready worksheets for tallying up and commenting on the waste, reusables, and recyclables associated with packed school lunches. (Reposted to CEED site)
Other
Recyclezone: Info Zone: Fight Waste at School
Learn how you can cut waste at school by following the 3R's: reduce, reuse, recycle. Before throwing it in the trash, see if you can use some of these ideas to help solve the problem of waste.