Waste Education for Schools
Dakota County offers a variety of resources to help schools enhance student and staff recycling knowledge.
Educational opportunities and resources
Field trip busing (Grade 4 and School Green Teams)
- Free bus to visit recycling, trash and compost facilities
- Available for all 4th grade students, Green Team students grades 5 and up, chaperones and school staff once per year.
- Minimum 25 participants required to attend
Request a field trip
Contact schoolrecycling@co.dakota.mn.us. Requests must be made at least 2-weeks before the scheduled performance or fieldtrip. Requests are considered on a first-come, first-served rolling basis as funds allow.
Use these videos and curriculum to help students understand what happens to our recycling, food scraps and trash.
Videos
- The Story of a Cereal Box (10 minutes)
- Dem-Con Recycling Facility (8 minutes)
- How does a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) work? (3 minutes)
- Where Does Our Stuff Come From? (5 minutes)
- What Goes Where Sorting Video (11 minutes)
- Dem-Con Recycling Contamination (3 minutes)
- Recycle Often, Recycle Right (2 minutes)
- What is a Landfill? (7 minutes)
- Waste Management Recycling 101 video series
Curriculum
For more information, contact: