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Solid Waste Division - reduce, reuse, recycle

Documents

Activity Guides
Assembly Program
Elementary School Classroom Workshops
Green Teams
Other Documents

Activity Guides

A Year of Reuse Activities and Ideas (Grades 1-6) (PDF, 230 K)

Be a Garbage Gumshoe (Grades 3-6) (PDF, 82 K)

Composting: Worm Recycling (Grades K-12) (PDF, 90 K)

Cut Down Paper Waste, Not Trees (Grades 3-6) (PDF, 69 K)

Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt (Grades 3-6) (PDF, 65 K)

How to Improve Your School's Waste Reduction and Recycling Program (Grades K-6) (PDF, 54 K)

Plan a Waste-Free Lunch (Grades 1-6) (PDF, 67 K)

Set Up Your Classroom to Encourage Reuse (Grades K-6) (PDF, 52 K)

Worm Works (Grades 1-6) (PDF, 52 K)

Assembly Program

Earth Challenge: The Choice is Rs! (PDF, 557 K)
This brochure describes the "Earth Challenge: The Choice is Rs!" assembly program, classroom workshops, and Green Team project assistance available to elementary schools from the King County Solid Waste Division.

Earth Challenge – Assembly discussion guide (PDF, 587 K)
This discussion guide outlines activities for students to do before or after the "Earth Challenge: The Choice is Rs!" assembly program.

Earth Challenge – Comments from students and teachers (PDF, 19 K)
Read what teachers said about King County’s previous assembly show.

Elementary School Classroom Workshops

Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs) - Rubric for Elementary Workshops (PDF, 70 K)
This chart shows the EALRs and GLEs addressed by King County's waste reduction and recycling workshops for elementary grades.

Green Teams

Green Team Brochure - Elementary (PDF, 239 K)
Learn how to become a Green Team.

Green Team Mini-Grant (PDF, 68 K)
Request funds to help carry out your Green Team project.

Green team pledge poster (PDF, 61 K) and membership cards (PDF, 270 K)
Formalize your Green Team with a pledge and membership cards.

Other Documents

Education and School Assistance

Hazardous Waste School Program

Secondary School Program

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King County Solid Waste Division
King Street Center 201 S. Jackson Street, Suite 701, Seattle, Washington 98104
Solid Waste Information Line: 206-296-4466, Fax: 206-296-0197, TTY Relay: 711,
800-325-6165 ext. 66542 (outside the local calling area M-F 8:30 am - 4:30 pm)
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Updated: Oct. 2, 2008


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