Education

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 references books that we hope you will find to be useful resources that support teaching and learning about the environmental aspects of the services provided by Waste Management.

WM has the following educational material:

Recycle Often. Recycle Right. - Waste Management in collaboration with leading experts in education, curriculum development and instruction, has created a standards-based, interactive learning curriculum for elementary-age students.The curriculum can be found at: https://recycleoftenrecycleright.com/resources/for-home/

Mr. Cool Can.  This six minute video provides students with Recycling 101 narrated by Mr. Cool Can himself. Video: https://youtu.be/aPdpwD4MhM0

How a landfill is built: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzo5sv4IrIw

Documents

View or print these documents which provide information on some of the environmental areas that our communities frequently learn about. Included in these documents are Waste Management's landfill posters that show some of the environmental protective measures that we use at our landfills. 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

 

Books

  • 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!
    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.