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Education Resources Loan Suspended

Education resources loans have been suspended until further notice to allow for appropriate social distancing during COVID-19 outbreak. Print-friendly educational activities are available below to be enjoyed at home.

Resources for Educators

The Department of Public Health and Environment loans out learning kits to help educators and community group leaders teach about composting, recycling, and the trash problem and solutions.

Composting Education Kit
Recycled Products Kits
Trash Trunk

Composting Education Kit

Teach about nature's way of recycling through decomposition and composting. View the Composting Education Kit Guidebook.

ComPoster Matching Game
How Compost Happens
Word Find Grades 3-6
Word Find Grade K-2
Worm ComPoster Matching Game
Answer Key

Recycled Products Kits

Teach about the recycling process and show examples of recycled products. Read the Recycled Products Kit Guidebook. Due to recent changes in the recycling and waste markets some of the information in this toolkit is outdated. We are working to update our education resources to reflect these changes.

Aluminum Recycling Process
Glass Recycling Process
Paper Recycling Process
Plastic HDPE Recycling Process
Plastic PET Recycling Process
Steel Recycling Process
Little Waste Crossword
Waste No Words Crossword
Little Waste Word Search
Waste No Word Search
Word Scramble
Answer Key

Trash Trunk

Teach about the garbage problem and waste reduction. See more about the Trash Trunk Guidebook. Due to recent changes in the recycling and waste markets some of the information in this toolkit is outdated. We are working to update our education resources to reflect these changes.