Coshocton County Litter Prevention and Recycling Office

Resources Page

This page is to let the public know what sort of materials we have available if they're looking for more information on environmental and solid waste issues. And don't forget that Jeff is always available to speak to groups of all sizes, using the materials below or other topics related to solid waste.

Here are some of the educational materials available from our office. If you're interested in seeing them or borrowing them from the office, call or e-mail us.

Earth to Kids
Teaches children and their families how to make buying decisions that will help save the planet. Host Jim Fyfe shows children how to evaluate products for their environmental impact, covering topics such as landfills, biodegradability and recycling. Animated segments provide valuable information about brand-name products that are poor environmental choices and suggest alternatives. Ultimately, the program creates an 'environmental yardstick' by which products can be measured. Running time: 28 minutes.

Complete the Circle: How to Buy Recycled
Hosted by Joanne Woodward, this videotape focuses on the less-discussed but equally-important part of recycling - buying recycled content products!

50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Recycle
By John Javna. 144 pages. Published by The Earthworks Group, 1994. Recycle, Ohio! Edition. This handy book is chock-full of good information on all kinds of recycling know-how, and it's all kid-oriented. Chapters are broken out by type of recyclable. There are also plenty of ideas kids can use to help reduce the garbage we all make. We have several copies of this, so you may hold onto it for up to three months.

Backyard composting. Your Complete Guide to Recycling Yard Clippings By Harmonious Technologies. 1992. 95 pages. This book covers nearly every option you could think of for home composting. Comprehensive and easy to read, it's a great guide for the home or classroom.

The Earth at Risk Environmental Video Series
For grades 5-12. 1993. 30 minutes running time each.
Former MTV host Kevin Seal presents this facinating and fun look at the most important environmental issues of our time. Based on Chelsea House Publishers' highly acclaimed series of books, these programs make science enjoyable by showing actual environmental projects, vivid nature footage, plus interviews with leading experts in each field. Each topic is presented through various perspectives, including young students conducting field experiments and participating in environmental projects, expert researchers on the cutting edge of environmental issues touring modern research stations and plants, colorful and imaginative graphics which illustrate otherwise hard-to-grasp environmental phenomena.
This ten-volume series includes:

Acid Rain

Clean Water

Clean Air

Degradation of Land

Extinction

Global Warming

Nuclear Energy

Recycling

The Ozone Layer

The Rainforest

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