Energy, Climate, Environment

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.07.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. So What's the Big Deal?
  4. Where Does the Trash Go?
  5. Ancient Recyclers
  6. Is There Hope for the Future?
  7. Lesson 1
  8. Lesson 2
  9. Appendix A
  10. Appendix B
  11. Student Resources
  12. Teacher Resources
  13. Bibliography
  14. Endnotes

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Oh My!

Huwerl Thornton

Published September 2009

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Bibliography

United States Environmental Protection Agency. Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling,and Disposal in the United States:Facts and Figures for 2007. Facts and Figures, Washington, DC: United States Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Energy Response, 2008.

United States Environmental Protection Agency. Municipal Solid Waste In The United States. 2007 Facts and Figures, Washington, D.C.: United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2008.

Connecticut Recycling Guide. http://www.ctrecyclingguide.com/ (accessed July 13, 2009).

Wikipedia. January 10, 2001. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill (accessed July 13, 2009).

Zero Waste. January 2002. http://www.zerowasteamerica.org/Landfills.htm (accessed July 13, 2009).

Indiana University Northwest. http://www.iun.edu/~environw/landfills.html (accessed July 13, 2009).

University of Michigan. http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/wastedisposal.htm (accessed July 13, 2009).

Wikipedia. January 10, 2001. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incineration (accessed July 13, 2009).

Pollan, Michael. "The Food Issue - Farmer In Chief." New York Times. New York: New York Times, October 12, 2008.

California Environmental Protection Agency: Integrated Waste Management Board. The Illustrated History of Recycling. Educational, Sacramento: California Department of Conservation, 1997.

United States Environmental Protection Agency. Success Story - Getting on the Books with Waste Reduction. Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Washington, D.C.: United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2002.

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