Step 1: Landfill Information

This page is to give additional resources and ideas. While our big idea is focused on sea turtles and plastic pollution, a great place to begin to explore waste in general and plastic waste in particular are our local landfills.

Below are several resources provided to you and your students if you want to head in this direction.

Landfill Illustration

Landfill Illustration.pdf

Classroom Discussion Prompts

1. What did you notice that you were not aware of before?

2. What interested you that you want to know more about?

3. What made an impact on you that you perhaps did not think about before?