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How will you and your family take action at home to reduce waste and practice the 4Rs - reduce, reuse, recycle and rot? You can use this planning tool to brainstorm actions you can take together.
Before you begin the tour, please have a classroom discussion about what students know and what they want to know about the transfer station, waste, the 4Rs and more. Record on this sheet or on another piece of paper.
Before starting your adventure from Garbologist to Student Action Hero, download and make a copy of our Field Journal. Use a scratch piece of paper for your own Garbologist Field Journal.
How to Go from Scientist to Food Rescue Action Hero!
In this journal you will join four garbologists who ask questions about how garbage affects people living in Alameda County and around the world. What in the world is a garbologist? A garbologist is a scientist who studies garbage. Why study garbage? Because there is a LOT of it. And more is created every day!
Adventure with Wiggle E Worm to teach a resident of Mudville about the importance of composting.
Learn how to reduce wasted food at lunch with these tips from 4Rs Action Hero, Super Reducer
Become A 4Rs Action Hero Everyday!
YOU can be a 4RsAction Hero! How? Read about each 4Rs Action Hero. After each description, write what you can do just like each Action Hero.
Topic BriefsIn 2018, StopWaste partnered with Alameda County school districts and food recovery organizations to pilot a new food donation program through the Smart Cafeteria Initiative. This program, funded in part by a grant from CalRecycle, was designed to help schools reduce waste through prevention, food share, re-serving, and donation to those in need.
Topic BriefsIn Alameda County, 84 properties have earned the ReScape California Rated Landscape status, as of June 2020.
The program scorecard helps project teams plan, track and verify the practices they implement to improve their landscapes.
