Ellen Z. Harrison, Director
Dept of Crop & Soil Sciences
101 Rice Hall, Cornell University - Ithaca, NY 14853-5601
Phone (607) 255-1187 * Fax (607) 255-0238 * Email: cwmi@cornell.edu

Youth Resources

Composting in the Classroom

Publication on how to use composting as a focus for science exploration and investigation by high school classes. 1998. Now available online!

Composting in Schools

A special section for students and teachers using composing in the classroom. Don't miss the section on “weird and unusual composting.”

What about Waste?

Activities designed to introduce youth to a variety of subjects in environmental sciences. Now available online!

It's Gotten Rotten

This 20-minute video is designed to introduce high school students to the science of composting. 1996. Click here to order.

Do You Know Where Your Garbage Is?

A 12-minute video for youth which presents options for what we can do with the garbage that we can't reduce, reuse, or compost. 1992. Click here to order.

Life After The Curb: Recycling Processes

A 20-minute video for youth which shows how materials are reprocessed into new products. 1990. Click here to order.

Composting: Waste to Resources

A guide for those who want to educate youth about composting. The packet includes a 36-page instructional guide, two posters, and eleven designs for compost systems. 1996. $3.95.

Recycling: Mining Resources from Trash

A resource packet for educators that shows what's in your trash can, what's made of recyclable materials, and where it should go. Includes activities for youth and 5 posters that illustrate waste composition and the products of recycling: aluminum, paper, glass, and plastic. 1990. 33 pp. and 5 posters. $8.95. Click here to order.

Trash Goes To School

A series of solid waste lesson plans developed by CWMI for grades K-12.

Educational Resources For Solid Waste Management

Included in this is a listing of youth videos and publications produced by the Institute and how to order them. July 2006.

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Cornell Waste Management Institute
Updated February 2007