Community – Educational Resources
Educational Resources
Protecting the environment is important to us and understanding environmental aspects surrounding our business is crucial to the communities around our facilities. The following are materials: documents to print or download, websites and reference books that we hope you will find to be useful resources about the environmental aspects of the waste services provided by Waste Management.
Documents
These documents provide information on some of the environmental areas that our communities frequently learn about. NOTE: These documents are in PDF format, and Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view it. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it here.
- Science of Managing Waste Stream - New!
- Follow the Waste Stream - New!
- Anatomy of a Landfill - Spanish - New!
- Anatomy of a Landfill
- Bioremediation
- Bioreactor Landfill Brochure
- Environmental Review
- Gas Extraction Well
- Gas Probe
- Groundwater Well
- Landfill Gas to Energy
- Leachate Collection System
- PCB Disposal
- Recycle America Alliance
- Transportation Services
- WasteByRail
- Waste-to-Energy
Websites
Take a look at the links below for some interesting tools to help all ages understand the importance of recycling, waste management and environmental stewardship!
For Kids:
- EPA's Environmental Kids Club
- Earth911.org Education
- EPA's Office of Solid Waste, Planet Protectors Club for Kids – includes games and activities
- The Imagination Factory – Shows visitors how to make art using materials most people throw away. Some of the activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, papier-mâché, marbling and crafts. The "Trash Matcher" helps visitors find appropriate art activities for the solid waste they have available.
- Where does all the trash go?
For Students:
For Teachers:
- EPA's Teaching Center
- Earth911.org Education
- EPA's Office of Solid Waste, Teacher Resources and Tools
For Researchers:
Additional Recycling Sites:
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- National Recycling Coalition
- SWANA
- Plasticsresource.com
- Plastics.org
- National Parks and Conservation Association
- National PET Plastic Association (NAPCOR)
- Earth911.org for local environmental information, such as:
Books
Want to know more about recycling or the environment? The following books are filled with facts and exciting projects. Check your local library to find it and the other books listed below:
- TITLE: Let’s Talk Trash: The Kids’ Book About
Recycling
AUTHOR: David, Fassler & Kelly McQueen
INTEREST AGE LEVEL: Preschool - 12 years
Do you worry about oil spills, rain forests, pollution and how our earth can stay green? This book tells about the problems of solid waste disposal so you can understand it. Let’s Talk Trash tells you about major environmental issues facing the world today. Written with the help of children between 5 and 12 years of age, Let’s Talk Trash shares their thoughts, questions, and drawings and encourages more discussion. "Talking Trash" has never been so much fun!
Other Titles of Interest:
- Earth-Friendly Toys: How to Make Fabulous Toys & Games
from Reusable Objects
by George Pfiffner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. - Fifty Simple Things Kids Can Do to Recycle
by Earthworks Group Staff
Publisher: Earth Works - Follow That Trash: All About Recycling
by Francis Jacobs
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group - Garbage & Recycling
by Rosie Harlow
Publisher: Larousse Kingfisher Chambers, Inc. - Gifts to Make for Your Favorite Grownup
by Kathy Ross
Publisher: Millbrook Press, Inc. - Here Comes the Recycling Truck
by Judith Mathew
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co. - Learn to Recycle
by Annalisa Suid
Publisher: Monday Morning Books, Inc. - Recyclables Fun: Creative Craft Ideas
by Diane Cherkerzian
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press - Recycle That!
by Fay Robinson
Publisher: Children’s Press - Where Does Garbage Go?
by Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Gareth Stevens, Inc. - Where Does All the Garbage Go!
by Melvin Berger (mini books)
Publisher: Newbridge Communications, Inc.
