Recycling and Landfills
Educational Resources for Instructors and Teachers:
(Please, print on both sides of the paper and recycle the paper when the information is no longer of use).
“The Environmental Fun Book” is an entertaining and fun way to introduce the landfill and recycling to elementary school age children. work-book (5mb pdf 26 pages).
In the classroom sometimes it is hard to recycle because there is not much money to obtain recycling bins. Teachers might consider using a cardboard box the students could decorate. Here are some fun ideas to use for signage. ideas (313k pdf 7 pages).
When our landfill fills up there is no where else to take the garbage in Salt Lake County. Sometimes when we are doing presentations the children will say “Send the garbage to outer space.” This flyer will tell why sending the garbage to outer space will not occur. outer space (256k pdf 2 pages).
We have made a man out of recycling symbols. This is just a fun way to represent recycling. (He talks about staying in the game by recycling. man (120k pdf 2 pages).
Paper products are 40% of the waste being buried in America’s Landfills. With this document shows how wasteful Americans are. A few facts and a maze for the children to work their way through are on the back page. paper (1.6mb pdf 2 pages).
You to can put your trash can on a diet! There is a “Trashcan Tale” on one side of the paper and a maze game on the other side. trash diet (493k pdf 2 pages).
“Taking a different road”, is a fun activity for elementary school children to do! Emphasizing the 3 R’s includes a maze to the recycling bin. different road (1.4mb pdf 2 pages).
“Creating art”-
Project 1 “Paper beads made from magazines”
Project 2 “Heart and hand made from concrete”
art projects (245k pdf 2 pages).
“Earth’s Resources” is a graph showing non-renewable and renewable resources. The back page is titled “Have you ever wonder how aluminum cans are recycled?” resources (834k pdf 2 pages).
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