TranslateWe provide these resources to help you start your TRASH TREKSM research, but do not limit yourselves to the list below. Your town may have a library, school, local government office, or trash processing facility where you can learn more.
Videos
Explore the Cycle
Animation explains the basics of the recycling process from leaving your home to becoming new products.
Toss It, Baby
For
a little fun, here is one company’s music video about single-stream
recycling. Watch for some of the machinery used to sort
recyclables.
Where Does Our Garbage Go?
Video shows how some communities in Utah, United States manage all different kinds of trash.
Websites
Food waste
This radio story may give you some “food for thought” as you think about food waste.
Garbage facts
Idaho Public Television provides a simple fact page about what garbage is and where it may go.
Kids Go Green
Caerphilly
County Borough Council in Whales, United Kingdom wants local kids to
“go green.” They provide a website with lots of information about
recycling and other trash options.
Look local
Your city, town, or county may have a Sanitation
Department website. These sites usually tell residents how trash
pickup works, what items you can recycle locally, and how to dispose of
special types of waste. Here are some examples, but you can
probably use a search engine to find a website for your local area.
Recycle City
Visit Recycle City to learn new ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle from residents of this cartoon town.
Trash Anthropologist
In “What I discovered in New York City Trash,” Robin Nagle talks about her interest in trash and the people who clean it up.
Trash in the Water
What
happens when trash gets in rivers and the ocean? How are animals like
turtles, birds, and marine mammals impacted? This website provides
information and many resources about “marine debris.”
365 Days of Trash
Sustainable
Dave’s blog about trying to produce no trash for a year. Dave
provides tons of suggestions to reduce trash at home.
