CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
Education
  • Landfill Hours
  • Recycling Programs

Classroom Activities
Information

Kristi Higginbotham
Outreach and Programs Manager
kristi.higginbotham@swaco.org
614-871-5100

Tour the Landfill

Are you looking for a different type of field trip that students are sure to remember and learn valuable environmental and ecological lessons from? Come and tour the landfill. Learn more here.

SWACO Accessories

The following cartoon can also be found at the 'My House' exhibit in the North America region of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium:

SWACO Sanitary Landfill Poster
(Download a landfill poster 72 DPI for digital screen usage)

SWACO Sanitary Landfill Poster
(Download a landfill poster 300 DPI for printing. This is a larger file. Depending on your computer it may take several minutes to download.)

SWACO Resource Library

The SWACO resource library is now housed at The Grange Insurance Audubon Center. The library contains information and materials specific to solid waste and other environmental topics. Materials available include: periodicals, curriculum guides, videos, kits and children's books. Current print material, and video/ education kit catalogs are available on-line. For more information to include the catalog listings, please Click here to go to the Resource Library web page.

Other Programming
  • Terrific Resources for Environmental Education (TREE) TREE Brochure

PAST Foundation/SWACO Garbology Project

Garbology is a hands-on, minds-on educational program that explores the global issues of waste management involving students in understanding what we really waste today and what are some of the alternatives for managing waste today and tomorrow.

Other Websites and Resources

  • Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention (ODNR-DRLP) has merged with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA).  Documents created by ODNR-DRLP may still be downloaded (ODNR-DRLP) Tools and Resources
  • ODNR-DRLP Windows on Waste (WOW) Curriculum: 
          WOW Guide
          WOW Vocabulary
          WOW Ohio Department of Education Activity Correlations

Brochures and Information