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Energy Xchange Renewable Energy Center
By tapping the methane gas generated by decomposing garbage in landfills, this company is able to convert the gas to a low cost, responsible source of energy.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
All about trash
Students will discover which kinds of trash break down naturally and which do not when they make their own landfills.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Science)
By Dawn Gilbert.
It's in the garbage
In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.9
In studying archaeological concepts, students will analyze garbage from different places demonstrate competence in applying the concepts of culture, context, classification, observation and inference, chronology and scientific inquiry.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

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Energy Xchange Renewable Energy Center
By tapping the methane gas generated by decomposing garbage in landfills, this company is able to convert the gas to a low cost, responsible source of energy. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Energy Xchange Renewable Energy Center
RECYCLED, RE-SEEN: Folk Art from the Global Scrap Heap
Come in and take a global tour of creativity at work in the arts of recycling. It may not look like recycling, but these folk artists create from trash, seeing potential where others see only useless junk. From the Museum of International Folk Art. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: The Museum of International Folk Art
American Field Guide
A collection of online videos that explore many aspects of America's wilderness from animals to earth and space to public policy. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: PBS