Kids and Schools
Check out these great tools and resources for kids and schools.
- Request free assistance: Get help making your school recycling program succeed through our Green Business Leaders program
- Recycling education program: Free resources for teaching waste prevention at elementary, middle and high schools, including classroom presentations from Metro staff
- Coloring worksheet: Kids can learn how to properly sort recyclables with this coloring activity
- Saving Little Pieces of the Earth: Video about how recycling works
- Oregon Green Schools: Organization offering resources and assistance on recycling and reducing waste
- Learning and teaching about the environment: Lesson plans and project ideas toteach about the environment, from the U.S. EPA
- TerraCycle free recycling programs: Recycling options for juice pouches and other hard-to-recycle materials
- Preventing Food Waste in the School Kitchen Setting: Guidance document on preventing school food waste in a safe manner, from Oregon Department of Education and Washington County
- Waste Free Lunches: Helpful website for learning about waste free lunches
Not finding something you are looking for? Please contact us at 503-846-3605 or recycle@co.washington.or.us.
