Instructional Video9:43
Sustainable Business Consulting

Waste, Packaging, Recycling & Compost Case Studies

Higher Ed
Case studies of companies saving money through reducing waste and packaging as well as implementing recycling and composting programs
Podcast4:43
Independent Producers

Industrial Scale Composting

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Students in Bellingham, Washington, pushed to introduce composting programs at their high schools and these programs have proved successful. This story follows food from the school cafeteria to the compost site where microorganisms...
Instructional Video8:42
msvgo

Solid Wastes and Disposal

K - 12th
It describes various measures used for disposal and treatment of solid wastes.
Instructional Video7:24
msvgo

Garbage to Manure

K - 12th
It explains the process of vermicomposting.
Instructional Video4:06
Food Farmer Earth

A Restaurant's Journey to Zero-Waste Through Commercial Composting

12th - Higher Ed
This narrative highlights a restaurant's initiative to implement commercial composting, emphasizing the importance of reducing landfill waste by turning kitchen scraps into valuable compost. The restaurant owner shares insights on the...
Instructional Video8:48
Curated Video

Decomposition and its Implications in Composting, Food Preservation, and Biogas Production

Higher Ed
This is a video discussing decomposition, the process by which organisms break down waste material and dead plant and animal material into simpler substances, which can then be recycled back into the ecosystem to be used by other...
Instructional Video9:31
Let's Tute

Waste Management and Disposal Techniques

9th - Higher Ed
This video discusses the various methods of waste management, including transportation, treatment, and disposal. It also touches upon the importance of proper waste management in maintaining a clean and safe environment. Additionally, it...
Instructional Video4:55
American Chemical Society

Can Plastic Be Composted?

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Some plastics market as green, but are they really? Turns out, the question is a complicated one. A video lesson describes how these new plastics may have some decomposing properties but need a little boost from industry. The lesson...
Instructional Video7:56
Amoeba Sisters

Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles

7th - 12th Standards
As the world turns ... so do the carbon and nitrogen cycles! Introduce them both to eager young biologists through an animated video, part of an extensive biology playlist. The narrator explains how each element moves through its...
Instructional Video5:13
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PBS

Turning Food Waste Into a Resource

5th - 12th Standards
One in every seven truckloads of perishable foods delivered to grocery stores gets thrown away. Is there anything that can be done with this waste? One solution is to recycle the old produce and turn it into fertilizer. The video, part...
Instructional Video8:10
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Bozeman Science

LS2B - Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

3rd - 12th
Produce, consume, decompose...repeat! Examine how matter and energy cycles in ecosystems by watching a video discussing NGSS standard LS2B. The narrator explains the requirements of the standard at each grade level, plus gives tips to...
Instructional Video1:12
MinuteEarth

Trash vs. Garbage

6th - 12th Standards
Is there a difference between trash and garbage? Well, there used to be, according to the narrator of the video. Scholars learn about the origins of the words and what the dictionary has to say about the matter.
Instructional Video3:23
Fuse School

How Sewage Treatment Works - Water Treatment

9th - 12th
To flush or not to flush ... that is the question. Is the wastewater treatment program in most towns and cities really the most efficient way to deal with waste? The fourth installment in a series of seven videos about the world's water...
Instructional Video5:20
SciShow Kids

Make the Most of Compost!

K - 5th Standards
What do decomposers and a compost have in common? Decomposers help a compost break down, or decompose, things that can biodegrade and become similar matter. Watch a video that explores the science of composts.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Saving Worms and Making Dirt

K - 1st
In this episode of the Kratt brothers, we learn about worms. We learn that we should protect them after a rain because they are important for composting and for breaking down soil. [2:28]
Instructional Video
Other

Think Green: Food Waste

3rd - 8th
Bill Nye shows how to live in a more sustainable world, and compost our food waste. [4:26]
Instructional Video
Other

Kiss the Ground: The Soil Story

9th - 10th
Science meets inspiration in this tale of nature's best-hidden innovation: soil. The Soil Story is a short film [3:56] that shares the importance of healthy soil for a healthy planet. Versions of the video are available in English,...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Probing the Secret Life of Compost

9th - 10th
Composting-pioneer Malcolm Beck explains the art and science of fertilizing organically.