Good teachers understand the more students know about their own environment, the more they care about the choices they make. Metro Waste Authority (MWA), along with Des Moines Water Works (DMWW), provides great education programs to expand students’ knowledge and sow seeds for becoming good environmental stewards—and good examples for their families, too!
Who Teaches and What Do We Teach About?
Two full-time accredited teachers (one from MWA and the other from DMWW) are in Des Moines Metro area schools nearly every day. They lead 16 different interactive and stimulating programs about recycling and waste reduction, landfill operations, household hazardous waste, water pollution and protection—and that’s just for starters.
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Who Has Access to these Programs?
A child you know in grades K-12 may have benefitted from our programs already. The school districts in the list below (all in the MWA and DMWW service areas) are eligible to take advantage of these fun educational programs. Last year, programs were taught in all of the eligible districts to a total of nearly 27,000 students!
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- Ankeny
- Bondurant-Farrar
- Carlisle
- Dallas-Center Grimes
- Des Moines
- Johnston
- North Polk
- Norwalk
- Saydel
- Southeast Polk
- Urbandale
- Waukee
- West Des Moines
It’s a brand new school year and that means programs are filling up the calendar! Check out the offerings in 2013-14 or download the brochure and encourage teachers you know to give us a call. Exploring ways to care for the world around us is always time well spent.
For more information on safe and smart disposal and recycling options, visit us at www.WhereItShouldGo.com or call 244.0021.