Recycling and Landfills | Vegas PBS STEAM Camp

Vegas PBS STEAM Camp | Recycling and Landfills

SEASON 3: EPISODE 3 | Airdate: 6/8/2021

Explore how recycling is sorted in a recycling center with the help of Republic Services.  Then, visit the Apex Landfill to learn how trash is processed.    

Investigate each topic further through interactive at-home STEAM challenges and book talks with librarians from the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District.  

Episode Guests

• Jeremy Walters, Community Relations Manager, Republic Services
• Antony Smith, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
• Farwa Husain, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
• Andrea, Student
• Abigail, Student

Resources

• Sort the Recycling | Peg + Cat
• Are You Recycling Correctly? | Things Explained
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle | Cyberchase
• Going Green | SciGirls
• Landfill Investigation Data Collection Chart

Books Featured

• Follow that Garbage!: A Journey to the Landfill by Bridget Heos and illustrated by Alex Westgate
• Glamorous Garbage by Barbara Johansen Newman
• Recycle and Remake: Creative Projects for Eco Kids by DK Publishing, Inc
• Recycle It! by Mary Boone
   

If you would like ideas and free resources to help you implement Vegas PBS STEAM Camp in your afterschool or summer program, contact us at:
steamcamp@vegaspbs.org