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The City has been offering curriculum-based school tours and presentations to Edmonton teachers for over 20 years. Tours and presentations are free for schools in Edmonton and will resume once the pandemic situation ends.

Virtual Program - EWMC Live!

Join a Waste Educator from the City of Edmonton for a show on waste, streaming live from the Edmonton Waste Management Centre! In this 45 minute program, you and your students will learn what goes where, see some waste processing in action, play an interactive game, and have the chance to ask your waste-related questions -- all from the comfort and safety of your classroom!

Audience: Grade 4 students (Edmonton schools only, please)

Times: Monday through Friday:  9:15am, 11am, 12:45pm, or 2pm (no presentations Friday afternoons).

To Request a Presentation: We are no longer taking bookings for the 2020-21 school year. Please check back in August for fall offerings.

To participate in the program, your classroom will need:

  • Webcam that shows all the students, if possible
  • Large screen so all students can see the multimedia presentation
  • Speakers
  • The presentation will be hosted in a Google Meet; please set to full screen once you are in

Due to COVID-19, we are unable to book facility tours and in-person presentations at this time. If you would like us to alert you when these programs resume, please fill out this form.

Facility Tours

Edmonton Waste Management Centre Tour (Gr. 4-12, post-secondary)

Available: Due to COVID-19, we are unable to book facility tours and in-person presentations at this time.
Duration: 2 hours
Group Size: Limit of 35 participants per tour, including all students, teachers and adult chaperones. Groups larger than 35 must book 2 tours.
To Book: Bookings are available online
                (post-secondary schools please call 780-496-6544)

With its collection of recycling and composting facilities, the Edmonton Waste Management Centre has been called “the ultimate waste theme park.” Your students will discover how waste can be transformed into resources, observe household recyclables being sorted and learn the importance of taking e-waste to the Eco Station.

Note: Please note that school tour bookings fill very quickly! Please book early to avoid disappointment.

“Great tour and fantastic presenter! Everyone should have this tour!”

“It’s my 10th or 11th time out and I learn something new every time.”

Classroom Presentations

Waste Warriors (Gr. 4)

Available: Due to COVID-19, we are unable to book facility tours and in-person presentations at this time.
Duration: 1 hour
To book: wastepresentations@edmonton.ca or 780-496-5404

Turn your students into waste warriors! In this hands-on program, students will learn about what happens to waste items in Edmonton, sort waste items by where they go and be challenged to identify how to better reduce, reuse and recycle.

Videos

  • Recycling Your Old TV
    Recycling Your Old TV
  • Sorting 20 tonnes of recycling/hour
    Sorting 20 tonnes of recycling/hour
  • Battery Newman - Turn Them
    Battery Newman - Turn Them

Educational Resources

Michael Recycle's Fun Book

This booklet for young learners contains puzzles, quizzes and other fun activities on waste and recycling.

Recycling at School Poster

What should we recycle? What goes in the garbage? It's all here in this poster.

What goes where? Poster

Find out what materials belong in the recycling, garbage or Eco Station.

Edmonton Waste Management Centre Brochure

An overview of the recycling and waste processing facilities at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre.

Worm Composting Booklet

A clean, odourless way to turn food waste into a rich soil fertilizer!

Related Links

Recycling Council of Alberta

Alberta Council for Environmental Education

City of Edmonton school programs

Epcor Power and Water Education

Alberta Bottle Depot

For More Information

Telephone

In Edmonton: 311

Outside Edmonton: 780-442-5311
Email wasteman@edmonton.ca

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