Recycling Guidebook
Step-by-step guidance and resources to improve your school's recycling program!
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Recycling Lessons, Activities and Resources
Lessons and Activities
What Goes In My Recycling Bin? Review Activity
Trash or Recycling? Quiz
PGCPS Recycling Lessons
Phase 1: Planning and Supplies
Phase 2: Why recycle? What to recycle?
Phase 3: Clean Recycling - Avoiding Contamination
Breakfast in the Classroom Recycling
Virtual Recycling Lessons and Activities
Waste-Free Lunches
Student Worksheet
Waste-Free Challenge Toolkit
'I Packed a Waste-Free Lunch' Stickers
Food Waste Warrior - lessons, activities, and resources to teach the planetary impact of what we eat and what we throw away.
Garbology - Interactive lessons about what we do with our waste
Make a bird feeder from a carton
Recycling Service Learning Project Ideas - Maryland State Department of Education
Morning Recycling Announcement Examples for Schools
Paperrecycles - Activities, lessons, and paper recycling information
PepsiCo Recycle Rally - Activities, lessons, videos and more!
Oops! Cards: Recycling, Trash; Congrats! Card - Student teams can give feedback on items found in recycling bins and trash cans
Recycle Bank - Recycling education and quizzes
Recycled Crafts and Project Ideas
The Greens Activity Guide -PBS Kids
Trash Can Quiz: Fun Facts About Trash and Recycling
Waste Audits
Conduct a Waste Assessment at Your School
Simple Recycling Audit
Guide to Conducting Student Food Waste Audits
Videos
Field Trips
Contests and Celebrations
Additional Solid Waste Reduction Resources
- Composting Resources
- I Recycle! Stickers
- Marker and Highlighter Recycling
- Maryland Green Schools program
- PlasticFilmRecycling.org
- Prince George's County Residential Recycling Program
- Foam Free In PGC
- Reuse Booklet and Flyer
- TerraCycle Recycling
- Top 10 Recyclable Items in PG Flyer
- Trex - Plastic Film Recycling School Challenge
- Waste Reduction, Reuse and Recycling Informational Pamphlets