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Inspire your students and encourage them to learn more about how the waste they create at home is managed every day.

Learn about the five ‘R’s (Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover), proper sorting, and other topics related to waste management.

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Grade K to 8 Teachers

Our team is currently developing new comprehensive materials and lesson plans that make connections to the Ontario curriculum for elementary school teachers within Durham Region for the 2022-2023 school year. While you wait, we would love to chat about how we can help support waste education through virtual opportunities during the 2021-2022 school year. Simply fill out the request form for more information.

Grade 9 to 12 Teachers

Our team is excited to announce our Virtual Education on Brightspace for high school teachers in Durham Region!

This platform was developed to provide teachers access to course materials and lesson plans connected to the Ontario curriculum to help learn and teach about solid waste management.

There's several topics to start that grade 9 to 12 teachers can explore. Each topic includes:

Topic specific background module
Lesson plans to help you deliver waste management course material within your classrooms
Videos and resources
Discussion boards
Interactive activities

Request access to our virtual education on Brightspace by filling out the request form.

Post-secondary Teachers

For the 2021-2022 school year, all post secondary presentations will be held in a virtual format. Are you interested in requesting a general or topic specific virtual presentation? Complete the request form for more information.

Community Groups and Professional Affiliations

Are you interested in requesting a general or topic specific presentation? We would love to chat about how we can help support waste education through virtual opportunities. Simply fill out the request form for more information.

Resources

Check out our videos

Waste Management Facilities

Material Recovery Facility: learn how your recyclables are sorted.
Durham York Energy Centre: learn how your garbage is processed.
Mixed Waste Pre-sort and Anaerobic Digestion Facility: learn more about the Mixed Waste Pre-sort and Anaerobic Digestion Facility that Durham Region is planning.
Blackstock Landfill Mining Project: In 2018, the Region began an innovative project using landfill mining to improve conditions at the Blackstock Landfill.

Waste Management Careers

It takes dedicated staff, with a wide variety of skill sets, to ensure waste is managed in a way that protects the environment and our communities. Learn more about important roles in our Waste Management Division, including:

Benefits of Recycling

In Durham Region, you can significantly reduce the amount of garbage your household generates by separating your recyclables. By reducing garbage, we will decrease pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in our community.

Benefits of Recycling

Durham's Integrated Waste Management System

Durham’s Integrated Waste Management System is a strategic approach to managing waste by combining waste handling and waste reduction strategies that include rethink, reduce, reuse, recycle and recover.