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Recycling Resources for the General Public

Recycling Processors:

If you are in need of recycling processors for various items that are not accepted in the City of Baltimore’s recycling program please review the attached Recycling Processors List. This list is produced by and can be found on the website of the Maryland Department of Environment (MDE)

Recycling Processors

Free Sharing :

http://freesharing.org/

This website offers you an opportunity to share your old items with others who may be in need of them. If you have an item you no longer need that is just too nice to put in the trash, here you can give the item away to someone else who can use it.

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Recycling Resources For Kids

US EPA’s Environmental Kids Club: Here you can explore your environment and learn about neat things you can do to protect it. There are games, pictures, stories, and other fun things. Try Recycle City, Detective Training Activities, Waste No Words and many more!
KidZone: The National Wildlife Federation presents this all-new website for kids of all ages. The colorful KidZone pages contain online games, nature-related activities and more fun ideas for specific age groups from toddler to teen, including things to make, things to do, homework help, outside fun and Green Team projects.
Energy Information Administration’s Kids Page: Learn about energy.
Energy Action: This website is an online resource dedicated to energy conservation, environmental stewardship and the promotion of positive action through better energy education.
Out of the Rock: Earth sciences activities, useful and interesting information are updated regularly on this popular website.
ICE: The Igniting Creative Energy Challenge is a fun event for students K–12. This site explains it all!
EEK! (Environmental Education for Kids): This electronic magazine for kids in grades 4–8 is sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Earth 911 Kids: You will get help learning how to protect the planet and you'll find information, fun games and activities, great environmental links, and more. We can all lend a hand to make every day Earth Day!

Recycling Resources For Teachers

Classroom Earth: Sponsored by the National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF), this includes key information on how educators can obtain the best and most usable environmental education programs available today.
Environmental Literacy Council Teaching Resources: The Environmental Literacy Council's website has a teacher exchange that allows educators to share labs, activities and ideas with colleagues online. The topics are drawn from the College Board's suggested labs and field investigations for the AP environmental science course. There are lesson plans, classroom curricula and a hyperlinked AP environmental science course outline. (Grade level: High school, Cost: Free)
Journey to Planet Earth: Funded by the National Science Foundation, and re-edited for grades 6–12, this series of six 25-minute episodes helps students understand the most critical and timely issues facing the natural sciences in the 21st century. Through an interdisciplinary approach, these programs reach beyond the physical sciences and draw connections to politics, economics, sociology and history. Teacher guides and other educational support materials are also available. The companion website has informative background information and video clips. (Grade level: 6–12, Cost: Free)
Raptors in the City: Raptors in the City is a real-time, inquiry-based science and technology program for grades 4–6 that stars the Peregrine Falcon. The online portion of Raptors in the City guides children through nesting season (roughly February to June) as they watch the still-rare falcons live via cameras mounted on skyscrapers. The curriculum supports one semester of study, and the students earn environmental, biological and technological lessons, as well as research skills, tied to national science and technology standards. Curriculum materials and books for falcon study are available. (Grade level: 4–6, Cost: $50 per classroom)
EEK! Teacher Pages: This resource is designed to help you help your students use the EEK Environmental Education for Kids! website. EEK! is an electronic magazine for kids in grades 4–8 and is brought to you by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
ROSCOE’s Recycle Room: ROSCOE’s Recycle Room
Think Earth Environmental Education Foundation: Think Earth Environmental Education Foundation

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