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The Ashland County Solid Waste District provides education and awareness opportunities throughout Ashland County.
Our educator schedules visit school classrooms, including home schools and Christian schools, 4-H groups, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, youth groups, clubs, organizations, etc. to speak about proper recycling, composting, litter prevention and waste reduction. Our curriculum covers a large range of ages. These lessons and activities can be adjusted to meet individual and group needs. Special poster and writing contests are often offered to Ashland County residents throughout the year. Composting field trips can be scheduled for those interested in learning more about the importance of composting.
We would love to visit your school or Scout group, schedule a composting lesson or offer sound advice on Recycling. To learn more about the programs we offer please send questions to our Education Coordinator, Nancy Earick at swdrecycling@ashlandcounty.org.
Annual "Earth Day" Aluminum Tab Drive
The Earth Day aluminum tab drive brought in 493 pounds this year.
Down a bit from last year but a great collection with so many others in the community collecting for other clubs.
THE WINNING CLASSROOM
McMullen Elementary, Loudonville, Ohio
Mrs. Ann Stitzlein's 3rd Grade Class
This classroom collected 82 pounds and 5 ounces
The annual "Earth Day" aluminum tab project is ramping up. Students and teachers have been collecting all year to again donate to the Akron Ronald McDonald House. The tabs will be collected this week. The tabs for each classrooms collection will then be weighed. Each classroom is hoping for the heaviest container to win the contest. This charity project has collected 1544 total pounds in three years. How many pounds will be added this year?
March 2025 Recycling Lesson
"REUSE"
Students "REUSE" cereal, cracker, and cake mix cardboard boxes to make colorful birds. Bird nests were made from laundry soap caps, Pringles containers and paper lunch bags. Some of the students became creative decorating a paper plate with shredded paper for the bird's nest.
February 2025 Recycling Lesson
"Students want to "BEE" kind to the Earth"
Students learn all about the importance of bees on the Earth.
The February Lesson exemplifies the importance of having
a love for the planet, so fitting for Valentine's 
January 2025 Recycling Lesson
"The Messy Magpie"
The Messy Magpie was shared with several classrooms this month.
The students talked about who really made the Earth a mess. It was the humans not the Magpie.
December 2024 Recycling Lesson
MICHAEL RECYCLE SAVES CHRISTMAS
Michael Recycle was shared with many students throughout Ashland County Schools.
This book puts a twist on reusing items we each have at home.
Students used old CDs and Christmas Cards to make an ornament for their own Christmas Trees.
November 2024 Recycling Lesson
Students made bookmarks and discussed recycling different types of paper.
Where does our paper come from? Why are trees important?
Students learned how composting is Mother Nature's way of Recycling.
November 2024
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K-5 Cub Scout Pack 502 of St. Edward
Cub Scouts learn all about Compost.
The Cub scouts learn about building a compost bin, the importance of compost,
and how Mother Nature's way of Recycling is composting.
October 2024 Recycling Lesson
September 2024 Recycling Lesson
Book: Miss Fox's Class Goes Green
Activity Book: Keep Our Environment Clean
2024 Fair Booth
"Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute"
Eco-Friendly Fun
Students enjoying their sticker books as they learn about
protecting and caring for our Earth.
MAY LESSON
Ashland Christian 4th grade compost lesson using ice cream cones to plant flowers
Ashland Christian finalizes compost lesson by planting flowers
EARTH DAY BOOKLETS MADE FOR EARTH DAY PROJECT
2023 - 2024 Aluminum Tab Drive
"It takes an ARMY to accomplish a task such as this and I sure have that army"
Nancy Earick
Student being interviewed about the aluminum tab drive
by Reporter Mariah Thomas
Mrs. Chandler's 3rd grade winning class from Reagan Elementary
Reusing Old CD's & Scrap Pieces of Wall Paper
COMPOST PUMPKIN
Mrs. Weiler's class, Hillsdale
Teachers are following up compost lesson with watching a pumpkin decompose in front of their eyes
1st week of November
November 10, 2023
December 4, 2023
December 15, 2023
January 8, 2024
February 5, 2024
February 16, 2024
March 4, 2024
April 19, 2024
May 6, 2024
January 2024 Lesson
THE TIN FORREST
This month's lesson is on the book The Tin Forest. A little old man's dream is to have a forest. He makes a difference one piece of Tin at a time, cleaning up the garbage in his neighborhood and turning it into a Tin Forest. Soon a bird comes along and drops a seed on the ground. Real things start to grow and green vegetation fills in the forest. When this happens real animals and insects show up. This story teaches the children we can help our environment one piece at a time. Just like the bird and the man in the story made a difference. We may not recycle a truck load of paper but each paper makes a difference. We may not collect 10 pounds of pop tabs but each pop tab makes a difference. Each little thing that we do makes a difference.
Paper towel piece birds the students made as a project to go along with the lesson.
DECEMBER LESSON
A Pig Tale written by Olivia Newton John
Discussion on Reusing
Project-making Iggy and Ziggy pigs out of a plastic pink Christmas ornament
NOVEMBER LESSON
Reusing egg cartons and wallpaper scraps to make a turkey.
This lesson goes along with the book "Michael Recycle" and
discussion of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
and the items Ashland County can accept at the drop off bins.
EDISON
Edison, Kindergarten
Edison, Turkey's on Ledge, 3rd Grade
ASHLAND CHRISTIAN 4TH GRADE
Ohio Business and Professional Women
Centerpiece Contest
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Nancy Earick, Education Specialist
swdeducation@ashlandcounty.org
The Ashland County Solid Waste Management District utilizes the "Windows on Waste" curriculum to provide solid waste education and awareness opportunities to residents, businesses and school-age children throughout the county.
Programs for Classes, Organizations and Clubs ~ All Ages!
To learn more about the programs we offer please send questions to our Education Coordinator, Nancy Earick at swdrecycling@ashlandcounty.org.
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