TED Talks
TED: Meet methane, the invisible climate villain | Marcelo Mena
A landfill on fire doesn't only emit a horrid stench — it has devastating consequences for the environment, too. The culprit is methane, an often underestimated greenhouse gas produced in large part by food systems, organic waste and...
SciShow Kids
Recycling Old Crayons! An Earth Day Activity
Jessi teaches Squeaks all about recycling, and together, they recycle his old crayons to make cool new ones! Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Idea: PS1.B: Chemical Reactions - Heating or cooling a...
SciShow
Why We're So Bad at Recycling Plastic
Plastic is quickly becoming a problem and we're eager to point fingers, but honestly, the reason there's so much plastic everywhere isn't just because of human negligence.
TED Talks
TED: Where do your online returns go? | Aparna Mehta
Do you ever order clothes online in different sizes and colors, just to try them on and then send back what doesn't work? Aparna Mehta used to do this all time, until she one day asked herself: Where do all these returned clothes go? In...
SciShow
The Truth About Biodegradable Plastic
This week, the truth about “biodegradable plastic,” and new insights into how global warming might eventually make winters colder.
SciShow
The Smelly, Oozy, Sometimes Explode-y Science of Garbage
You ever think about where your trash goes? How long it takes to decompose? And whether your garbage can become ... dangerous? You should! Hank explains the science of trash, how we've dealt with it (or not) over the ages, and both the...
Bozeman Science
Solid Waste
In this video Paul Andersen explains the basics of solid waste including trends over time, basic composition, and disposal. A brief description of the three R's (reuse, reduce, and recycle) is included as ways to minimize waste. ...
TED Talks
TED: The problem with plastics -- and how they're changing the environment | Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez
Plastics are everywhere -- they're in our favorite electronic devices, they package our food and insulate our homes. Today, the total mass of plastic is twice the total mass of all living organisms on the planet, and it's starting to...
SciShow
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Hank tells us about the enormous concentrations of plastic debris floating around in the Pacific Ocean, why they're there and why they're a problem.
Curated Video
How Five Billion lbs of Las Vegas Garbage Powers a City
Most the of 600 billion pounds of waste that Americans produce every year ends up in landfills. All that trash can have huge impacts on the environment. But modern landfills have found a new use for all that trash — they’re turning it...
Curated Video
Polluting the land – What's that noise?
What's that noise? ... It's seagulls at a landfill. People and places -Human impact on the environment - Polluting the land A Twig Tidbit Film - What’s that noise? The children have to identify an object from its sound alone.
Curated Video
Landfills
Most of the world's waste ends up in landfills – what effect is this having on our environment? People and places - Human impact on the environment - Polluting the land Learning Points A landfill is a hole in the ground that waste is...
Curated Video
E-waste
Learn about the precious metals that make up mobile phones and how £1 billion worth of e-waste will eventually be dumped in landfills. People and places - Environmental awareness and care - Reduce, reuse, recycle Learning Points E-waste...
Great Big Story
Eagles of Unalaska, a community's unique daily encounters
Discover the daily life in Unalaska, where bald eagles are not just majestic birds but part of the community's routine.
Curated Video
Where Does It All Go? The Math of WM's Landfill and Recycling Operations
In this video, you'll: Follow the journey of your trash from your curb to the landfill and beyond! Meet the math experts who keep everything running smoothly at WM Discover the cool technology that uses math to sort recyclables and...
Wonderscape
The Anthropocene Epoch: Humanity's Impact on Earth
Explore the Anthropocene Epoch, a proposed geological epoch highlighting the significant impact humans have had on Earth's ecosystems and climate. From vast landfills in Kenya to lithium mines in Chile's Atacama Desert, and the warming...
Curated Video
Living Green - Episode 105 - Recycling Batteries
Every year in the UK, up to 300 million batteries are disposed of into landfill sites. A new scheme has been created in response to the 2008 European directive to make battery recycling obligatory. This new nationwide recycling scheme is...
Curated Video
The Challenges and Opportunities of Recycling
Over the last two decades, recycling has become not only the best way to reduce landfill, but a profitable enterprise in it s own right.
Curated Video
Our Natural Resources
Dr. Forrester explains that in order to preserve our natural resources, it is important to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Doing so will help to save energy costs and preserve the environment.
Curated Video
The Basics of Smart Recycling
This video takes a closer look at why recycling is crucial in our daily lives. As humans, our everyday activities—from eating snacks to unwrapping new toys—generate a significant amount of waste, most of which ends up in landfills. But...
Curated Video
Rethinking Rubbish: Landfills, Recycling, and Our Planet
Discover how the old solution of dumping waste into landfills, once considered innovative, has significant environmental drawbacks, from releasing methane—a potent greenhouse gas—to polluting our precious soil and water sources. But...
Curated Video
Why Recycling Isn't a Cure-All: Unpacking the Hurdles
In this enlightening segment, we delve into the inherent challenges that recycling faces, focusing on why some people don't recycle and the mistakes that can occur when they do. Despite its benefits, recycling isn't always...
Food Farmer Earth
Reducing Food Waste: Practical Tips and Community Action -3
This video explores practical strategies and community initiatives aimed at reducing food waste. It covers tips for grocery shopping, meal planning, and effective use of leftovers, and highlights community projects like the Portland Tree...
Curated Video
Revolutionizing Construction Waste Recycling: Innovative Solution for Sustainable Building
DK Linski Excavations is a pioneering British company that has developed an environmentally friendly approach to recycling demolition waste for reuse in the construction industry. With their state-of-the-art facility, they can recycle...