Environmental education and workforce development
for urban teens.

 



ECOS Session 2
Solid Waste and Consumption Internet Resources

Solid Waste Introduction

Kansas City residents produce one million pounds of trash each day. In three years this is enough trash to fill Arrowhead Stadium.

Kansas City spends $18 million a year to collect and manage trash and recyclables, including trash dumped illegally. ($130/home)
  • Read an introduction to Solid Waste.
  • Try playing the garbage game.
  • The lowdown on landfills.
  • Read about the world's first ecological landfill island. Click here.
  • Read about a guy who saved all his trash in 2008. Click here.
  • Read about a couple that produced just one bag of trash in a year. Click here.
  • See photos by Chris Jordan that depict the amount of trash generated in the United States. Click here. See a video of Chris explaining his work. Click here
Life Cycle and Consumption
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair
  • Read about our KC Recycles Program. Click here.
  • Learn where to recycle just about anything in the metro area at the MARC Recycle Spot. Click here.
  • Read about Kansas City's Habitat Restore. Click here
  • Read about Germany which leads the European nations in recycling. Click here
  • Watch videos and learn to fix your broken electronics. Click here.
  • Check out IFixit.com to learn to fix broken items Click here. and then read their blog about people all over the world who fix things. Click here.
  • Check out a slideshow of recycled art. Click here.
  • Watch a video about a town where residents recycle all their waste. Click here.
  • Watch a video about a man who builds homes from 85% recycled materials. Click here.
  • Stop the junk mail monster. Click here.
  • Play the Eco-Shopping game. Click here.
  • Learn about cell phone recycling. Click here.
  • Investigate the concept of Zero Waste. Click here.
  • See a school in Guatemala built from 6,000 plastic bottles. Click here.
E-Waste
  • Read a National Geographic article on E-Waste including a photo essay, quiz and interactive module on toxic computer parts. Click here
  • Read about the problems caused by E-Waste and Surplus Exchange's E-waste recycling program. Click here.
  • Watch a video on an electronic dumping ground in Ghana. Click here.
Hazardous Waste
Plastics
Food Production
  • Watch the award-winning Meatrix series and learn about the waste and pollution created by large factory farms. Click here.
  • Listen to an eleven year old explain "What's wrong with our food system". Click here.
  • The problems with our food production in the United States. Click here.
  • Watch your foodometer. Click here.
  • Do you know the true cost of food? Take the quiz. Click here.
  • Eat more local food. Click here.
  • The impact of going vegeterian for one day. Click here.
  • Watch the award winning film, Super Size Me. Click here.
 
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