Check out other local and national resources to increase your school or college’s recycling! There are resources for recycling challenges or professional development.
For K-12 Educators and Students
- Classroom Recycling 101 Poster (11″x17″)
- Youth Activities
- Bring Carton Recycling to Your School: Carton Council
- The EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden educational offerings
- United States Environmental Protection Agency: Learning and Teaching about the Environment
- U.S.G.B.C.- Missouri Gateway: Green Schools Quest
- IRN Surplus: helps place surplus assets for reuse
- St. Louis Teachers Recycle Center
- Leftovers, etc.
- Custodial Staff Engagement
For Colleges and Universities
- St. Louis Region Higher Education Sustainability Consortium
- Zero Waste USA Resources
- EarthWays Center
- IRN Surplus: helps place surplus assets for reuse
- Saint Louis University: SLUstainability Facilities Services
- St. Louis Community College (All Campuses): Green at STLCC
- University of Missouri – St. Louis: Recycling at UMSL
- Washington University: Sustainability
- Let’s Go Solar: Guidebook to Going Green on Campus
- Custodial Staff Engagement
Online Recycling Games
Professional Development Resources
Other Ideas
- Take a field trip to a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), where recyclables get sorted.
- Republic Services: (636) 947-5959
- Take a field trip to the Brightside St. Louis’ Demonstration Garden. Brightside St. Louis: (314) 772-4646.
