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Local Resources
Local resources are available to make public presentations and or distribute the following information:
  • Seasonal Program Information: Ozone Awareness, Zero Tolerance For Litter, Greenville County's Annual Litter Pick Up, Conservation Day at The Greenville Zoo, Various Earth Day Events, America Recycles Day (Don't forget to fill out a challenge card!), Christmas Tree Recycling (Grinding of the Greens).
  • Miscellaneous Handouts: Handouts for all ages, Recycle in Greenville County - (Front Side), (Back Side), Now You Can Recycle All Plastic Bottles and Jugs, Free Mulch and Please Tarp handout
  • Specialty Topics: Household hazardous materials alternatives, backyard composting, buy recycled.
  • Landfill, Recycling Center Tours and Presentations: The Solid Waste Division offers tours of the Landfill and Recycling Center as well as in-school presentations. If you are interested in touring the landfill, or if you would like an in-school presentation, please contact the Environmental Education Specialist at 243-9672. We also encourage you to involve your students in the classes at the Roper Mountain Science Center designed for the Compost Education Garden. Call 281-1188 for more information.
For more information, contact the following:
County of Greenville
Greenville County Solid Waste Division for General Information: (864) 243-9672
Recycling Coordinator
phone: (864) 234-5781
fax: (864) 627-8433
Environmental Education Specialist
phone: (864) 243-9672
fax: (864) 627-8433
City of Greenville
Alysen Woodruff, Recycling Coordinator
P.O. Box 2207
Greenville, SC 29602
(864) 467-8300
www.greatergreenville.com
Clemson Extension Service
Extension Office (Greenville County)
301 University Ridge, Suite 4300
Greenville, SC 29601-3672
Phone: (864) 232-4431
Fax: (864) 232-4738
http://www.clemson.edu/greenville/

State Resources
DHEC
Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling
800-768-7348
http://www.scdhec.net/recycle/
  • Action for a Cleaner Tomorrow: developed for teachers by DHEC and recognized nationally. This is a comprehensive environmental curriculum that helps teachers integrate source reduction and recycling into the classroom. Classes on the curriculum are offered periodically by the Roper Mountain Science Center.
  • Solid Waste Composting Guidance for Non-Regulated Facilities: Provides guidelines for composting at schools.
  • Oil Bottle Guy and Aluminum Can Guy Mascots: Available for public presentations.
  • The Palmetto Energy Awards Program: students submit projects promoting energy savings. Sponsored by the SC Energy Office and DHEC
  • America Recycles Day Recycling Family of the Year and School of the Year: Contents and awards every fall.
  • School Reduction and Recycling Grant Program: Awarded each year to subjects submitting applications for hands-on, worthwhile projects. Your school principal is sent a copy of the announcement each year.
  • Library and various topic-specific handouts also available.
DHEC - Residential Well Program
Program Overview - Information every homeowner with a private well should know.
Recources - Be WELL Aware
Keep America Beautiful
KAB of S.C.
Sarah Robinson at PalmettoPride
Toll-free: 1-877-PAL-PRDE
Phone: 803-758-6034
Fax: 803-758-6032
info@palmettopride.org
Keep America Beautiful Specialty Products Office
Coloring books, book covers, litter bags
518-842-4388
www.kabspo.com

Specialty Resources

Some of the specialty resources include
Models/Visuals
Enviroscape (demonstrates effects of pollution)
National Association of Elementary School Principles
800-386-2377
Recycling PETE Mascot
(soda bottle), Plastic Recycling Posters, and PETE’s Pack
NAPCOR
828-236-9006
The Scrap Map Kit
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.
202-466-4050
The Steel Recycling Educational Display Kit
(sign a borrower’s agreement, pay a deposit of $25, if returned safely will be refunded)
Steel Recycling Institute
412-922-2772
Do-It-Yourself Used Oil Recycling Education Kit
Used Oil Recycling Program
American Petroleum Institute
1220 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Ride the Wave of the Future: Recycle Today!
Poster (FREE)
Adventures of the Garbage Gremlin Comic Books
U.S. EPA
800-424-9346

Activity Books/ Curriculum
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Activity Coloring Book
cost based upon quantity
Effective Promotions
518-274-0291
Care for the Earth
(activity poster and book)
Positive Promotions
800-635-2666
Earth Academy
Laidlaw Environmental Services
803-551-4218
"Trash Talk" School Newsletter
(published quarterly, if 3rd-5th grade participate 15,300 copies ordered quarterly at $.16 each)
Eco Partners, Inc.
317-575-9586
Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling Curriculum (grades K-12)
Center for Resourceful Building Technology
Tracy Mumma
P.O. Box 100
Missoula, Mont. 59806
Cycles for Science and Nature’s for ME Workshop Series for Teachers
Steel Recycling Institute
c/o Eco Educators
614-487-9522
Hands on Plastics ($10)
American Plastics Council
1-800-2-HELP-90
www.plasticsresource.com
Waste World
includes slide show, software and other resources for grades 6-8

U.S. Department of Energy
American Plastics Council (sponsoring limited number of grants lowering cost to $50)
1401 H Street, NW Ste. 220
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-467-6240

Let’s Recycle: A Curriculum for Solid Waste Awareness (FREE)
U.S. EPA
800-424-9346
Hazardous Waste Clean-Up and Prevention Poster and Activities (for grades 3-5 and 6-8)
U.S. Geological Survey-Branch of Information Services
Box 25286
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225
800-303-435-7627
US EPA
Mercury Spills, Disposal and Site Cleanup
Information plus Mercury Response Guidebood (for Emergency Responders)
http://www.epa.gov/mercury/spills/
Teachers Guide to Glass Container Recycling (poster and classroom activities)
Glass Packaging Institute
202-887-4850
Household Hazardous Waste, Home Composting Wheels, Posters, Book Covers
EHMI
800-446-5256
Henry Cycle Public Information Campaign
posters, bookmarks, activity books, trading cards
John Lemmon Films
800-559-1953
Overview of Integrated Waste Management
203-323-8987
Environmental Impacts Evaluation
Green Cross Certification Company
Consumer Affairs Department
1611 Telegraph Ave., Suite 111
Oakland, CA 94612
800-829-1416
Green Seal
1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 300A
Washington, DC 20009

Educational Worm Composting Kits
Viscor Distribution Inc.
#402-4291 Meridian St.
Bellingham, WA 98226
800-609-1223
Flowerfield Enterprises
(including lunchroom waste composting book)
10332 Shave Rd.
Kalamazoo, MI 49002
616-327-0108
Carolina Biological Supply
2700 York Rd.
Burlington, NC 27215
800-334-5551 The Worm Concern 580 Erbes Rd. Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 805-520-1150

Computer Services
E2B2 Environment Online
1000 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 802
Washington, DC 20036
202-833-3055
EPA Office of Solid Waste Kids’ Page
(includes membership card, detective activities, game) Planet Protectors Club 800-424-9346 www.epa.gov/osw/kids.htm

Art Projects / Crafts
Recycled crafts!
Designs Crafted One Piece of Trash at a Time
http://www.trashformations.com/home.html
Gail Pridgen
Architecture, rainforest, puppet
West Pelzer Primary
Governor’s Student Poster Contest
Usually held in January through Clemson Extension Service

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