Resources

Protecting the environment is important to us and understanding environmental aspects surrounding our business is crucial to the communities around our facilities. We hope you find the following materials to be useful resources that support teaching and learning about the environmental aspects of the waste services provided by Waste Management, as well as some of the environmental protective measures that we use at our landfills, our innovative technologies and solutions for transportation.

www.wm.com
www.thinkgreen.com
www.wmdisposal.com

Documents

The following provide information on some of the environmental areas that our communities frequently ask about. NOTE: These documents are in PDF format, and Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view it. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it here.

• Science of Managing Waste Stream
• Follow the Waste Stream
• Anatomy of a Landfill - Spanish
• Anatomy of a Landfill
• Bioremediation
• Bioreactor Landfill Brochure
• Environmental Review
• Gas Extraction Well
• Gas Probe

• Groundwater Well
• Landfill Gas to Energy
• Leachate Collection System
• PCB Disposal
• Recycle America Alliance
• Transportation Services
• WasteByRail
• Waste-to-Energy

Websites

For Kids:

• EPA's Environmental Kids Club
• Earth911.org Education
• EPA's Office of Solid Waste, Planet Protectors Club for Kids – includes games and activities
• The Imagination Factory – Shows visitors how to make art using materials most people throw away. Some of the activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, papier-mâché, marbling and crafts. The "Trash Matcher" helps visitors find appropriate art activities for the solid waste they have available.
• Where does all the trash go?

For Students:

• EPA's Student Center
• Earth911.org Education
• The Imagination Factory

For Teachers:

• EPA's Teaching Center
• Earth911.org Education
• EPA's Office of Solid Waste, Teacher Resources and Tools

For Researchers:

• EPA's Researchers and Scientist Center

Additional Recycling Sites:

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
• National Recycling Coalition
• SWANA
• Plasticsresource.com
• Plastics.org
• National Parks and Conservation Association
• National PET Plastic Association (NAPCOR)
• Earth911.org for local environmental information, such as:
  • Recycling Services
  • Household Hazardous Waste
  • Composting
  • Aluminum Can Recycling
  • Used Oil Recycling
  • Cell phone and Computer Recycling