Exploring Environmental Issues: Municipal Solid Waste

Educator Bulletin Board

Through the Exploring Environmental Issues: Municipal Solid Waste module, students begin understanding waste management issues and options. The module uses hands-on experiences to show the interrelationships among waste generation, natural resource use, and disposal. The activities guide students through waste management strategies and solutions while providing the necessary tools to make informed decisions and choices on waste management issues.

Here's what's inside:

• Introduction

• Background Information

• Student Activities:
  
  1. Introduction to Municipal Solid Waste: The Waste Stream
  2. Source Reduction
  3. Recycling and Economics
  4. Composting
  5. Waste-to-Energy
  6. Landfills
  7. Where Does Your Garbage Go?
  8. Take Action: Success Stories and Personal Choices

• Appendices
  1. Bibliography
  2. Glossary
  3. Solid Waste Regulations
  4. The Throw-Away Quiz
  5. Vermicomposting
  6. Composting in a Bottle
  7. Metric Conversion Chart
  8. Subject Index
  9. PLT Conceptual Framework
  10. Spanish Translation of Student Pages

• Current news

• Place for students to post their school MSW plan

• Find a Municipal Solid Waste workshop near you.