Tontitown Landfill tours, environmental education programs and presentations are requested frequently throughout the year. Education is the key to understanding and working together, to promote a better environment for everyone.

To schedule a tour or to learn more about the school curriculum below, contact Waste Management at (479) 361-1161, x. 272.

Facility Tours of Tontitown Landfill (All Ages)

The most popular form of environmental education selected by teachers for providing their students with a real-life look at the management of their waste. Students tour the Tontitown Landfill each year to learn about the many facets of managing the waste produced in our area. The tour discusses the creation of waste, daily landfill operations, and environmental control systems.

"EarthSavers - It's in Our Hands" (Grades 3-9)

Waste Management has produced exciting, useful and educational materials that can be used for school tours, classroom visits, and Earth Day events. The student activity booklet includes environmental information, family activities, and a chart to enter the conservation activities they have completed. The Teacher Activity Guide can be used by teachers or parents to stimulate good environmental awareness and citizenship.

"The Story of Garbage" (Grades 5-9)

This video produced and distributed through Waste Management is recommended for use in classrooms from Grades 5 through 9. It discusses in length, the creation of waste in our society today, and what is being done to manage it. Whether recycled, placed in landfills, burned in waste-to-energy facilities, or dealt with in a variety of other processes, this program identifies the many sources of garbage, as well as the safest and most efficient methods of disposing of it.

Curriculum units applicable to the video program include Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science and Earth/Space Science.