"Waste in Place" Workshop

     Keep Houston Beautiful held a Waste in Place teacher workshop in March.  The workshop focuses on the prevention, reduction, management, and recycling of municipal waste.  The curriculum guide for K-6 corresponds to the state approved curriculum used in public schools.  It is easily incorporated into the classroom and builds problem solving, critical thinking, and processing skills through hands-on activities.

     Students learn about litter prevention, solid waste management, composting, source reduction, recycling, sanitary landfills, and waste-to-energy combustion.  Teachers can help the environment by educating and stimulating the minds of future generations.  A grant from Keep Texas Beautiful, funded by GE Foundation made this workshop possible.  GE Energy provided refreshments for the 31 attendees at the workshop.