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How Does Recycling Work and Should I Bother?

Posted on March 1, 2020March 2, 2020by Mary Katherine Glen
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What gets recycled? What doesn’t? Why does recycling differ from place to place? A waste management student reveals these mysteries and more!

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Kitchen Science for Kids: Food Waste Audit

Posted on November 2, 2017January 24, 2018by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Most young kids understand—better than some adults—that we have only one planet and so should preserve it rather than trash it. Curious and inquisitive, they are also natural scientists. In this kitchen science for kids lesson plan, your kids will learn about food waste—why we waste food, what else we waste when we waste it, […]

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