Resources

Protecting the environment is important to us and understanding environmental aspects surrounding our business is crucial to the communities around our facilities. We hope you find the following materials to be useful resources that support teaching and learning about the environmental aspects of the waste services provided by Waste Management, as well as some of the environmental protective measures that we use at our landfills, our innovative technologies and solutions for transportation.

For Kids:

EPA's Environmental Kids Club
Earth911.org Education
EPA's Office of Solid Waste, Planet Protectors Club for Kids – includes games and activities
The Imagination Factory – Shows visitors how to make art using materials most people throw away. Some of the activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, papier-mâché, marbling and crafts. The "Trash Matcher" helps visitors find appropriate art activities for the solid waste they have available.
Where does all the trash go?

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For Researchers:

EPA's Researchers and Scientist Center

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