The Green Team

Environmental club for Massachusetts schools providing fun and interactive ways for students and teachers to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost in their classrooms, schools, homes and communities. Participating classes receive certificates of recognition and are eligible to win exciting awards.
Green Team web site

Brochure
PDF 159 KB

Recycling Education Assistance for Public Schools (REAPS)

Web page

Manual for Implementing School Recycling Programs

MS Word 287 KB

School Composting: The Next Step in Recycling (Connecticut)

Establishing and maintaining a successful school-wide composting program for cafeteria food scraps.
Connecticut DEP web site

Solid Waste Management Resource Guide for Massachusetts Schools

PDF 1 MB

Treasure From Trash: Toolkit for College & University Move-Out Reuse Projects

Step-by-step guide to end-of-semester move-out reuse and recycling.
PDF 443 KB

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Activity Sheets for Kids in Kindergarten through Grade 6 (Web pages)

Build a Mini-Landfill
The Burning Question
Giving Trees a Second Chance
If Toys Could Talk
Join the Recycling Team
Nature at Work
Then and Now
Trash to Treasure
Understanding Packaging Over Time
Wise Use of Paper

Activity Sheets for Kids in Grades 7 through 12 (Web pages)

Back to Basics
Decades of Disposal: The Great Debate
Graphing Prices for Recyclables
Packaging Design Fair
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
The Smart Shopper
Trash Throughout the Ages
TV Techniques: Advertising for the Environment

Duncan Elmwood Porcupine Environmental Coloring & Activity Book

PDF 677 KB

Mercury: An Educator's Toolkit

U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) information, activities and videos for students and teachers.
EPA web site

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Poster: Composting is Easy

PDF 293 KB

Poster: Lifecycle of a CD or DVD (for grades 7 through 12)

PDF

Spanish/Espanol: El ciclo vide de un CD o DVD (para los grados 7 a 12)
PDF

US EPA Poster: Lifecycle of a Cell Phone

PDF

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Extras for Creative Learning

Boston-based clearinghouse that recovers tons of recyclable material and redistributes it for creative educational use.
ExCL web site

The Imagination Factory

No machinery or smokestacks here; just online resources for creating art from recycled materials.
Imagination Factory web site

The Recycle Shop at the Children's Museum Boston

Collects and re-uses materials that can be transformed into art or science projects.
Boston Children's Museum web site

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