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Education & Outreach

  • - The National Recycling Coalition supports the national enactment of an annual “Recycle Week” as a means to remind and educate the population about the benefits of recycling.

  • - Colleges and universities should develop fully-accredited degree programs for integrated waste management and recycling to train future graduates to become waste management professionals with expertise in these particular fields.
    - Colleges and universities should be encouraged to provide the maximum number of recycling opportunities for all materials on campus.

  • - The source reduction and recycling of waste must be reflected in K-12 school curriculum for society to make this a daily practice.
    - The goal should be to constantly and consistently strive to instill reduce-recycle values over time.

    High schools should be encouraged to provide the maximum number of recycling opportunities for all materials on campus, to act as a model and to provide experience for volunteer and paid students to learn about recycling from an operations perspective.

  • - A National Clearinghouse should be established along with a recycling extension service for recycling information, sponsored by the EPA.

  • - The National Recycling Coalition should maintain current sources of credible pertinent information generated from both outside and within the organization.

  • - The public should also be sought more to participate in long-term solid waste management and planning.

Recycle today for a better tomorrow.

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