Research Resources: Waste Management
Trash History
 Trash Timeline
www.alliedwastedalycity.com/kids_trash_timeline-printer.cfm
 The History of Waste. EnvironmentalChemistry.com. Aug. 2003.
EnvironmentalChemistry.com/yogi/environmental/wastehistory.html
 A Brief History of Trash in the USA
www.ecomaine.org/education/trashhistory.pdf
 “A Filthy History: When New Yorkers Lived Knee-Deep in Trash.” Oatman-Stanford,
Hunter. Collector’s Weekly. June 24, 2013
www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/when-new-yorkers-lived-knee-deep-in-trash/
General Information
Annenberg Learner
www.learner.org/interactives/garbage/solidwaste.html
 BBC. Turning Waste into Building Blocks of the Future City. Mitchell Joachim. May 28,
2013.
www.bbc.com/future/story/20130524-creating-our-cities-from-waste
 Earth911 for Students
www.earth911.com/for-students/
 Educational Resources from Waste Management
www.wm.com/about/community/educational-resources.jsp
 Facts and Figures. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
www.epa.gov/solidwaste/nonhaz/municipal/msw99.htm or
www.epa.gov/solidwaste/nonhaz/municipal/pubs/2012_msw_fs.pdf
 Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
www.no-burn.org/index.php (see Resources section)
 Hazardous Waste Information. US Environmental Protection Agency.
www.epa.gov/waste/hazard/index.htm
 How Landfills work. Craig Freudenrich, PhD.
science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/landfill.htm
 It’s Not Waste Until You Waste It. Ecokids.
www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/waste/itsnotwaste/theproblem/how_deal.cfm
 National Waste & Recycling Association
beginwiththebin.org
 National Waste & Recycling Association
wasterecycling.org.
 Problems and Solutions with Waste. Toxic Action Center.
www.toxicsaction.org/problems-and-solutions/waste
 Recycle City
www.epa.gov/recyclecity/
 Recycling and Beyond
www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/recycle/index.htm
 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kid’s
Pages.
www.kids.niehs.nih.gov/explore/reduce/
 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. National Wildlife Federation.
www.nwf.org/How-to-Help/Live-Green/Reduce-Reuse-Recycle.aspx
 Student Resources. US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
www.epa.gov/students/index.html




Teacher Resources. US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
www.epa.gov/wastes/education/teachers.htm
The Future of Garbage is – no more Garbage. By Michelle Lodge. February 23, 2013
www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/02/23/no-garbage-cnbc/1938509/
Waste in Place. Keep America Beautiful. www.wasteinplace.org/
Waste Management. Turning Waste into Resources.
www.wm.com/thinkgreen/index.jsp
Video
 The Future. shows.howstuffworks.com/fwthinking-show/future-trash-video.htm