Get Your School Involved
How Can Your School Participate?
As a Trash Free School, you will educate and empower students and staff to reduce the amount of waste your school produces. Even if you start small, our 8-step process helps you to build on your successes.
Join In!
To be considered a Trash Free School:
- Submit a signed Trash Free School Pledge, and
- Form a Green Team.
Now continue with our 8 steps to help your school reduce waste. Our Trash Free Schools Guidebook. walks you through this process and provides resources. Visit our 8 Steps Overview for more details.
Explore the Trash Free Schools Resource Center
- Discover ways to get students involved and engaged in environmental stewardship.
- Find new ideas for reducing waste at your school.
- Download hands-on lesson plans, student activities, and how-to guides.
- Explore details and suggestions for organizing, planning, and implementing the project at your school.
Be a part of the TFS Community
Stay up to date, share your ideas and experiences, and connect with other Trash Free Schools with our Trash Free Schools Blog
Become a Trash Free School Mentor
Interested in helping our Trash Free Schools? We are looking for mentors, including parents, friends and neighbors, to provide support through on-site visits, trouble shooting, and planning. Contact us at [email protected]. for more information.