Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment

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Sherie Steele
Garbage Disposal

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• Invite city sanitation workers, health aides, or other officials into class to discuss problems of waste disposal, regulations, etc.:

consider history of waste problems. When did it become a problem? Why?

• Have students write to Anchorage and Seattle aluminum depositories to obtain return-per-pound rates (approximately .24/lb.):

  choose the business with the best return-per-pound rate.

  Solicit donations of free freight or reduced freight charges from air taxi companies:

  solicit subsidies from local businesses or EPA to help defray freight or other expenses.

Set a poundage goal and a monetary goal, figuring in any cost.

Locate collection sites, with the approval of village and IRA councils. Set up schedules and routes.

Advertise the project in posters, radio spots, newspapers, etc.

Square bullet Resources

• garbage bags, trash cans, cartons for collection, and hammers or bricks (or a trash compactor to crush cans for easy transporting
• 12 Facts About Waste Paper Recycling, Paper Recycling Committee, Box TK, American Paper Institute, 260 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 (free)
• Solid Waste Information Office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 10460, Hotline: 800-228-2525
• Fairbanks Lions' Clubs
• Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, P.O. Box 0, Juneau, AK 99811-1800

Variations

• If your community has road access to a major city, tin and paper can be recycled for money, too.
• If money is not a priority for your group, collect paper, tin, and other junk:

  recycle trash for use in art projects, paper making, vehicle repair, etc.

• Clean up debris and trash for a community health and safety project:

  discuss reasons for cleaning up the village

  plan what the clean up will include (e.g., pop cans, garbage)

  get permission form property owners to remove their garbage

  determine how to collect the trash: divide the town into areas and assign groups to each area, or have an open, general clean up

  determine where collected trash will be deposited

  select a date; make posters; build enthusiasm

  conduct the clean up

  offer rewards for most garbage collected; have a picnic or party to celebrate completion of the project.

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