• Carroll County Solid Waste Management Commission
  • Crawford County Area Solid Waste Agency
  • Guthrie County Solid Waste Recycling Agency
  • Shelby County Area Solid Waste Agency

Presentations & Classes

Environmental Responsibility Through Education

Educational programs are available for student, community or civic groups within the West Central lowa Association service area. Whether in person or through virtual technology, we’ve got recycling and landfill lessons to educate students of all ages.

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  • Lesson plans are free to use and include vocabulary words and activities to reinforce recycling and disposal practices at home, in the classroom or place of business.

    Lesson plans are printable – choose file and print.

  • Our YouTube videos are packed with live footage, taking viewers into the recycle center and onto the working face of the landfill for an up-close experience of our integrated solid waste management practices.

    Click on the YouTube video for direct access the video lesson.


We invite educators to use our free lessons in the classroom and follow up with a tour of our facility. Please fill out the form to request a Facility or Classroom Visit.

Education Requests

EDUCATIONAL LESSON PLANS

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Recycling: In The Classroom

Kindergarten – 4Th Grade

  • Teachers & Students will learn how to set up a recycle station in their classroom
  • Images & details of what can be recycled are included
  • Contact us and we will design personalized school mascot recycle labels for use in your school & labeling classroom recycle bins

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Lesson Plan With Video

Recycling: Remarkable R’s

Kindergarten – 2nd grade

  • Students will gain knowledge of product packaging and will be able to differentiate which materials are recyclable and which materials belong in the trash.
  • Students will understand that many items can be remade or recycled and identify recycle bins and their locations in the classroom.

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Lesson Plan With Video

Earth Protectors: Lessons From A Landfill

Kindergarten – 4Th Grade

  • Students will gain knowledge of how a landfill is built and filled to protect the earth, water, air, people and animals.
  • Students will understand where their trash goes and how it gets there.
  • Students will be encouraged to be earth protectors by learning to reduce, reuse and recycle

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Lesson Plan With Video

Recycling: Our House is Round

2nd – 4th grade

  • Students will gain knowledge of product packaging and will be able to differentiate which materials are recyclable and which materials belong in the trash.
  • Students will understand that many items can be remade or recycled and know locations of recycle bins in the classroom.

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Lesson Plan With Video

Recycling

Middle/High School

  • Students will gain knowledge of product packaging and will be able to differentiate which materials are recyclable and which materials belong in the trash.
  • Students will understand that many items can be remade or recycled. Some are recycled in the curbside recycle program and others are recyclable in the programs available at local Transfer Stations, the Carroll Recycle Center or the local Salvage Yard.

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Lesson Plan With Video

Landfill

Middle/High School

  • Students will explore the history of garbage disposal, from open dump sites to the state and federally regulated landfills of today.
  • Students will gain knowledge of the engineering standards required to build a state of the art landfill.
  • Students will understand daily management of the landfill facility and the importance of preserving the earth as well as landfill space.

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We Invite Educators To Use Our Free Lessons In The Classroom and Follow Up With A Tour Of Our Facility.

Call us at 712-792-5001

or

Submit an Education Request