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elementary students playing waste reduction games on school library floor next to bookcase
SOLUTIONS TO WASTE SCHOOLS PROGRAM
Empowering
youth and schools to take action.

Solutions to Waste Schools Program

For over eighteen years, the Solutions to Waste Schools Program has worked with thousands of students, teachers, and administrators throughout San Mateo County to reduce unnecessary waste. Our primary mission is for students to take action to conserve resources and help protect our environment.

The sustainability and environmental literacy educational resources and services can help educators, students, administrators and facility managers reduce waste, conserve energy and water, protect watersheds and shorelines, and increase use of alternative transportation.

Program Lessons

Our team of educators is continuously creating and curating classroom lessons to support environmental awareness, increase environmental literacy, inspire environmental stewardship, support sustainability in action, and increase environmental awareness across traditional educational subjects. We work with the San Mateo County Office of Education to structure lessons using the 5E curriculum model and follow NGSS and Common Core Standards. Click on the links in the lesson descriptions to access student-ready printables and teacher lesson plans.

Program Resources

The Latest News & Events

Fixit Clinic @ John Daly Library
Jun
7

Fixit Clinics are fun community-based workshops where neighbors, friends, and families work collectively to learn how to repair broken items.

Keep All Plastic Out of the Green Bin Everyone in San Mateo County is required to compost all food scraps and yard…
Getting food to people who need it while also reducing food waste requires many hands. As one food recovery non-profit…