Recycling & Waste Reduction

Did you know that the United States is the #1 trash producing country, producing about 1,609 pounds of trash per person per year? About 75% of what we throw away can be recycled, so why don't we start? Recycling saves natural resources, creates less air pollution and water pollution than making products from new materials, and saves landfill space. Recycling is also great way to save energy - it takes 95% less energy to make recycled products! So what are you waiting for? Check out the links below to find out how to start a recycling program today!

• Abitibi Paper Recycling & Fundraising
• Aluminum Recycling - Novelis
• The Conversionator Recycling Calculator
• Do Something About It: Recycling
• EPA Environmental Kids Club: Recycling
• The Freecycle Network
• How & Where to Recycle Everything - Earth 911
• Maryland Department of the Environment: Recycling
• Recycling Cartridges and Cell Phones
• Recycling Facts - Baltimore Co. Dept of Environmental Protection & Resource Management
• Recycling.com
• Recycling web sites - Maryland Department of the Environment
• Terracycle - Pays for recycling 20oz soda bottles and fills them with organic fertilizer
• Waste Reduction Fact Sheet for Schools

Also See:
Composting
Long Term Connections: Curriculum
Types of Habitat Projects
How to Create a Habitat Project



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