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Recycle at school

Garbage and recycling    Recycle at school

Teach your students about recycling. Metro develops and maintains a wide selection of materials and programs for schools in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties.

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Metro provides free classroom presentations, puppet shows, educational theatre assemblies and other educational materials on waste prevention, recycling, composting and household hazardous waste. Help your students understand the connection between their personal choices and our world’s diminishing resources. Presentations and materials are geared to state standards and designed to help you enhance your teaching goals.

Elementary school resources

Metro offers free puppet shows, classroom presentations and curriculum materials to elementary schools in the metro region...More

Middle and high school resources

Metro provides presentations, curriculum, videos, teacher workshops and community service projects to middle and high schools in the metro region....More

Technical assistance for school recycling programs

Metro’s recycle at schools technical assistance staff can help schools from the Portland metro region in four main areas: recycling, waste prevention, buying recycled products and operations...More

Oregon Green Schools program

Metro partners with the Oregon Green Schools association to provide technical assistance and recognition for school waste reduction achievements...More

Earth Day billboard art contest winners

Metro’s 2009 Earth Day billboard art contest received more than 2,400 entries from students representing 106 Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington county schools. Check out the winning and honorable-mention designs...More

Need assistance?

Freda Sherburne, elementary school programs
503-797-1522
freda.sherburne@oregonmetro.gov

Sara Kirby, middle and high school programs
503-797-1521
sara.kirby@oregonmetro.gov

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Resources for teachers and parents

Metro has many programs, events and resources for teachers and parents. Use this page to find topics of particular interest to you and your kids.

Did you know?

Kids lead with art
Every year, Metro sponsors a billboard art contest open to schoolchildren across the metro region. Congratulations to 2008 winner Kate Kobielsky.

By the Numbers

5 billion
Number of gallons of gasoline that recycling saved in the U.S. in 2000, reducing oil dependence by 114 million barrels.

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View an award-winning video that follows paper, aluminum, steel, plastic and glass through the recycling process – from your recycling bin to a recovery center and then into new products.

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