KDB has arranged sponsorship and funding for a limited number of Waste in Place workshops. If you are a Dallas teacher who would like to participate, or if your SCHOOL would like to host its own Waste in Place workshop, please contact us at keepdallasbeautiful@hotmail.com.

Click here to download a detailed Waste In Place Packet in PDF format.

Waste in Place curriculum for K-8, addresses the problem of waste and its disposal alternatives and emphasizes responsible solid waste handling practices through hands-on activities targeting educators and students. The goal of Waste in Place is to instill proper waste handling practices in young people. This unique curriculum, now available in Spanish, provides activities designed to develop awareness and knowledge of solid waste problems, which should result in informed decisions by our future community leaders.

The Waste in Place curriculum for grades K-8 was originally introduced by Keep America Beautiful in 1979. Waste in Place was the first environmental curriculum approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (formerly TNRCC) and the Texas Education Agency to meet the requirements of 1991 state legislation mandating that "environmental issues be taught in an interdisciplinary approach in grades kindergarten through 12." The University of North Texas and Texas Woman’s University Education Departments evaluated the curriculum and determined that it is "an excellent hands-on resource and provides a balanced approach to environmental topics."

• Get the facts
• Involve the people
• Plan systematically
• Focus on results
• Provide positive reinforcement

Correlated with TEA's the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) lessons can be integrated into existing subjects or used in a thematic approach with a hands-on format to allow students the opportunity to practice essential process skills and develop the thinking required to make wise decisions about pollution prevention. Please note that Keep Texas Beautiful's curricula, in conjunction with all participating agencies, promotes pollution prevention education, which may include protecting natural resources through conservation or increasing efficiency in the use of raw materials, energy, water or other resources.

Participants receive six (6) hours of Texas Environmental Education Advisory (TEEAC) Credit towards an environment education certificate, and six (6) hours State Board of Education continuing education hours, if needed.

Teachers do not have access to solid waste curricula and training that specifically address these Texas mandates except for Waste in Place. Teachers attend a six (6) hour hands-on seminar. The workshops then provide for information sharing and hands-on activities, which demonstrate classroom usefulness as well as an understanding of solid waste concepts.