This project is based on, and is an extension of the "Waste Not, Want Not" science teachers' workshop, organized by the south central complex of Target Science teachers, LAUSD, summer, 1996. Thanks to Joe Haworth from the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County for all his assistance and expertise.
ATSDR - Hazardous Waste
Congress '95: Guide
Broward County Resource Recovery System. Waste-to-energy plant information.
Calabasas Landfill report by the National Parks Service offers an in-depth view of landfill issues.
Californians Against Waste (CAW) is an organization devoted to reducing waste and promoting recycling. 926 J Street, Suite 606, Sacramento, CA 95814, Ph: (916) 443-5422, FAX: (916) 443-3912.
California Home Page: Environmental Proctection
California Integrated Waste Management Board, 8800 Cal Center Drive, Sacramento, CA 95826-3268. CIWMB is responsible for managing California's solid waste stream. The Board is helping California divert 50 percent of its waste from landfills by the year 2000.
California Musem of Science and Industry, Education Dept., 700 State Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90037, (213) 744-7444. Our Urban Environment, a permanent exhibit.
CREST: Waste Management, Reduction and Recycling
Commerce Refuse-to-Energy Authority, 1955 Workman Mill Road, P.O. Box 4998, Whittier, CA 90607.
COMPOST: Welcome to the RotWeb, by Eric Johnson. Includes teacher resources.
The Compost Resource Page by Chris Palmarini contains an extensive list of resources.
Earth Spirit Online. Schools can get free on-line access to the Earth Spirit Online system at (310) 582-8228 or log-on to ES-Online at (310) 264-4785. The online program is divided up into the following areas: Club Start-Up, Projects and Activities, What's Going On, Connections.
EcoNet: a decade of support for ecological sustainability and environmental justice.
Alerts and activist resources, articles, and links to organizations and online resources.
Occidental College: Environmental Justice Research Project includes original research, news, and related web sites.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offers on-line lessons and information for teachers and students, and
Recycle City, an on-line site for games, activities and information on recycling.
EnviroLink Library: Includes an aphabetical subject listing of environmental web sites. Very extensive.
United States Environmental Hotline: Allows you to search for environmental ogranizations and services by geographic region. For example, find recycling centers near you.
Federal Web Locator
Global Recycling Network: GRN claims to be the Internet's Recycling Business Center. "The New Tool that brings together Buyers and Sellers of Recyclable Commodities."
GREENlink: Contains a search engine that locates other web sites.
The Green Page: "A guide to things Environmental on the Internet and the World Wide Web."
Heal the Bay, 2701 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 150, Santa Monica, CA 90405, (310) 581-4188.
Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management
Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
LandLab: The Center for Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona, 4105 W. University Dr., Pomona, CA 91768. Ph: (909) 468-1705. FAX: (909) 468-1712. Demonstration, education, and research into sustainable living, renewable energy, agriculture and aquaculture. Great place for school field trips.
Los Angeles City Bureau of Sanitation offers:
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP). Booklets, articles, many educational materials. Contact DWP Publications, Rm. 1514, P.O. Box 111, Los Angeles, CA 90051-0100.
Los Angeles Resource Program, City of Los Angeles, Ph: (800) 773-CITY. Call for information, booklets and pamphlets.
City of Los Angeles, Integrated Solid Waste Management Office, 200 N. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012; Ph: (213) 237-1444.
L.A. County Dept. of Public Works , Ph: 800-552-5218.
Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County 1955 Workman Mill Rd., Whittier, CA. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 4998, Whittier, CA 90607-4998. Ph:(310) 699-7411, FAX: (310) 695-6139. Web site includes information on landfills, hazardous waste, and the Commerce waste-to-energy incinerator.
Los Angeles Times Recycling Centers can help locate recycling centers in Southern California.
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Recycling Program
National Materials Exchange Network helps link buyers and sellers of a wide variety of recyclable goods and materials.
National Recycling Coalition, 1101 39th St., N.W., Suite 305, Washington, DC 20006
National Wildlife Federation: includes information and teacher resources.
Real Goods: composting and alternative energy products online.
Recycling in California: inlcudes links to recycling information by region.
The Recycle Link, non-profit recycling organization.
Recycler's World offers information online to help suppliers and manufacturers buy and sell recycled materials.
ReThink Paper is a project by the Earth Island Institute to provide more information on paper alternatives.
Santa Monica: Sustainable City Homepage. Information on solid waste and recycling, hazardous waste, educational programs, energy, wastewater, and purchasing suggestions.
Solid Waste Online offers information and professional resources for the solid waste industry.
South Bay Cities recycling and hazardous waste information.
Environmental Organizations
WebDirectory - Recycling
TreePeople, 12601 Mulholland Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210, (818) 753-4600.
IGC (EcoNet): Internet Collection of Resources on Toxic Waste.
Waste-To-Energy Plants: Spokane and Broward County.
Waste Management Institute, Cornell (CWMI): Includes online articles, reports, and teacher resources.
World Wide Waste Web: includes a listing of web sites organized by subject.
WORMS: Everything you wanted to know about worm composting.
YUCKY WORMS!!!
California Integrated Waste Management Board Publications Catalog (CIWMB) allows you to view or order K-12 educational materials. Includes Information for Teachers and Students. EXCELLENT!!
Are You Being Poisoned by Your
Dishes?Ecology of the Dump
Waste Management
Down the Drain
Subsurface Contamination of
Groundwater
CWMI: Composting in SchoolsCWMI: Trash Goes to School LessonsCWMI: Educational Resources
Eddy the Eco-dog Recycle Game
EnviroLink Library: Very comprehensive list of educational web sites.
Environmental and Recycling "Fun Facts"
E.P.A. Teaching Aids, Facts, Links
Keep America Beautiful--Teacher Materials
Ninth Grade Waste Project: Hyperstudio stacks by students on environmental problems.
Santa Monica Education Programs
Welcome to Recycle City! On-line activities, games, and facts from the E.P.A., plus other lessons and information.
Target Science Waste Management & Recycling Lessons
Voyage Publishing: Electronic News Summary Magazine. Articles on science and the environment, including a section on Waste Management and Recycling.
Worm Bin Student Project
Think Earth, An award winning environmental education program provides lessons, posters, videos, and teacher guides from preschool to grade 6. Family Activity Sheets are produced in spanish for all units. Environmental Education Foundation, 5505 E. Carson St. Suite 250, Lakewood, CA 90713
Education & Recycling, Educator's Waste Management Resource & Activity Guide (California Department of Conservation: Division of Recycling, 1992), K-12 classroom activities, 108 pages, (916) 323-3508.
Waste Away, Information and Activities for Investigating Trash Problems and Solutions for grades 5-9. (Vermont Institutes of Natural Science, 1989), 97 pages, $18.95.
The No Waste Anthology: A Teacher's Guide to Environmental Activities K-12. Department of Toxic Substance Control Control, 1993. 320 pgs. Topics include water and air pollution, solid waste, and hazardous waste. For copies contact: Public Education Coordinator, D.T.S.C., 400 P Street, P.O. Box 806, Sacramento, CA 95812-0806.
CIWMB Publications Catalog allows you to view or order publications on a variety of topics including compost/yard waste, construction and demolition, economics, and K-12 educational materials. EXCELLENT!!
Advantage Recycle: Assessing the Full Costs and Benefits of Curbside Recycling. (The Wall Street Journal, January 19, 1995) Authors: John F. Ruston, Economic Analyst. Richard A. Denison, Ph. D.,
Senior Scientist.
An Action Guide to Greener Paper: by the Environmental Defense Fund contains three online articles and a list of more resources.
Anti-Recycling Myths: by the Environmental Defense Fund is an online report in response to a New York Times Magazine article.
Buy Recycled and Save: by the Environmental Defense Fund contains three online articles and a list of more resources.
Energy Wise Options for State and Local Governments, Californians Against Waste publish two good articles entitled "Why Recycle" and "Recycling Means Business in California". The later includes information on how recycling effects job growth and the economy.
Energy Wise Options for State and Local Governments, Chapter III: Waste Reduction: Reuse, Recover and Recycle, by Michael Totten and Nita Settina. Posted by C.R.E.S.T..
Fostering Economic Growth through Recycling: Recycling means economic growth and jobs, by Kevin Greene.
Greening Your Office Purchasing from the newsletter of the Co-op America Business Network.
Home Composting of Kitchen Wastes : The Environmental Defense Fund worked with the Village of Bellport, NY, on a pilot home composting program involving 150 families.
Recycling World: by the Environmental Defense Fund contains five online articles on recycling issues.
Toxic Ignorance: by the Environmental Defense Fund claims that the public is unaware of the most basic toxicity testing results of many substances.
Many publications and programs are available online as Acrobat Reader files from the Los Angeles City Bureau of Sanitation and the Los Angeles Resource Program. Or call (800) 773-CITY to order. A sample of titles is listed here:
Apartments and Recycling: The Future.
Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling Guide.
Home Composting.
Mind Your Business: A Recycling Guide for Offices.
Wood You Recycle? A Guide to Wood Waste Re-Use and Recycling in the L.A. Area.
You Can Reduce Unwanted Mail.
"The Amazing L.A. Environment: A Handbook for Change" by Mary D. Nichols and Stanley Young (Living Planet Press, 1991), $6.95. Very good overall view of L.A.'s environmental issues, including water, air, energy, garbage, sewage and the ocean.
"50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth" by The EarthWorks Group, (Earthworks Press, 1989), Earthworks Press, Box 25, 1400 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709. Excellent handbook with practical information and filled with facts.
"Mining Urban Wastes: The Potential for Recycling" by Cynthia Pollock (World Watch Institute, 1987) 1776 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
"Kid Heroes of the Environment: Simple Things Real Kids are Doing to Save the Earth", by The EarthWorks Group, (Earthworks Press, 1991), Earthworks Press, Box 25, 1400 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709. Examples of student environmental projects that have made a difference.
"The Chemical-Free Lawn", by Warren Shultz (Rodale Press, 1989).
"The No Waste Anthology: A Teacher's Guide to Environmental Activities K-12", Dept. of Toxic Substance Control. Contact: Public Education Coordinator, D.T.S.C.. 400 P Street, P.O. Box 806, Sacramento, CA 95812-0806.
Voyage Publishing: Electronic News Summary Magazine. Articles on science and the environment, including a section on Waste Management and Recycling.
Is There Environmental Racism? Occident College, Environmental Justice publication.
Occident College: Environmental Justice News Articles
World Watch Institute offers many published papers waste management, economic and enviromental issues.
1. Iritani, Evelyn. "L.A. Surpasses New York City as Top Trade Hub in 1994". Los Angeles Times, Friday, March 17, 1995, Page: D-1.
2. Tempest, Rone. "China Engages in Trash Talking Over Garbage". Los Angeles Times, Sunday, June 16, 1996, pg. A3.
3. O'Dell, John. "Port of Orange County: First-Ever Detailed Examination of Scope and Tonnage of the Cargo Moved by Local Importers and Exporters Offers Overview of Foreign Trage and Impact on Economy".Los Angeles Times, Sunday, October 16, 1994, Orange County Edition, Section: Business, Page: D-1.
4. O'Dell, John. "Port of Orange County: First-Ever Detailed Examination of Scope and Tonnage of the Cargo Moved by Local Importers and Exporters Offers Overview of Foreign Trage and Impact on Economy".Los Angeles Times, Sunday, October 16, 1994, Orange County Edition, Section: Business, Page: D-1.
5. Foster, David. "Recycling: A Green Idea Turns to Gold". Los Angeles Times, Sunday, March 5, 1995, Bulldog Edition, Section: Metro, Page: B-4.
6. Aronin, Ruben. "Recycling Can Help Put a Lid on Landfills". Los Angeles Times, Sunday, July 23, 1995, Valley Edition, Section: Metro, Page: B-17.
7. Mowbray, Rebecca. "Read it and Reap; Newspaper recyclings is big business these days". Los Angeles Times, Saturday, July 8, 1995, Home Edition, Section: Business, Page: D-1.
8. Joe Haworth, County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, 1996.
9. "Mining Urban Gold", produced by KCET, PBS Los Angeles, 1988.
10. L.A. Resource Program, City of Los Angeles, June, 1996.
11. Data and projections compiled from various sources by Joe Haworth, County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, 1997. Targets developed by SCCED Task Force.
12. Los Angeles County spokesperson regarding toxic waste collection. May, 1996.
13. "Chemistry", Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1993, pg. 658.
14. Postel, Defusing the Toxics Threat, pp. 12-13; The Conservation Foundation, State of the Environment: A View Toward the Nineties (Washington, DC: 1987), p. 434.
15. California Integrated Waste Management Board. 1993 Annual Report. Sacramento: CIWMB, 1993.
16. Pyle, Amy. "Snags Arise for School Set to Open". Los Angeles Times, Friday, July 4, 1997, Section: Metro, Pages: B-1 & B-6.
Graphics (GIFs): colored balls, earth symbol, recycle symbol, skull symbol, from Anthony's Icon Library. Available http://www.sct.gu.edu.au/~anthony/icons/index.html, July, 1996.
Photos: Aerial photo of Commerce Refuse-to-Energy facility courtesy of the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County and the Commerce Refuse-to-Energy Authority. All other photos by K. Ballash.
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