RECYCLING EDUCATION
OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN
ESCAMBIA COUNTY!
Dee Dee Green
Recycling & Education Outreach Coordinator
Escambia County (Pensacola Florida)
Recycle Florida Today Summer Conference
2014
• The biggest thing for me when planning a program
is can I do this by myself?
• If not… is this a program that I can get help with?
• The answer is usually.. We can give you some
support… but you are it and do it as cheap as you
can!
• So… I want to go over our most successful
programs.. How they came to be and where they
are going and show that you do not need lots of
money or staff to have a fun and successful
outreach program.
When on a limited budget and staff it is
important to find the right program and right
audience to get the biggest bang for your
buck!
Recycled Fashion Trashion Show
Dump Dash 5K & Trash-A-Thon
Dump Your Kid at the
Perdido Landfill for the
Day! (Summer and
Christmas Camps)
Special Events
The Funky Bike Fest!
Yes! A 5K at the landfill!
We just completed our third year and it is starting to
become a very popular run!
The 5K is a fundraiser. $5 from each entry goes to
the United Way of Escambia County. The remaining
money goes into the Environmental Education Fund!
Trash-A-Thon
Dump Your Kid at the
Perdido Landfill for the Day!
In an effort to find new and exciting ways of
reaching our youth, the Escambia County
Recycling Summer Camp was created in the
summer of 2009.
Recycling Summer Camp is a one-day
excursion to the County’s Perdido Landfill
where kids participate in fun-filled activities
designed to teach the importance of earth
friendly waste diversion.
Recycling Summer Camp is a free program
offered to area youth ages 5-10.
Activities
I plan the camp each day by putting up a schedule. Some
days are different . They change according to the weather,
materials and moods of the kids.
9:00 Registration & Introduction
9:30 HHW & Landfill Enviroscape
10:00 Whimsical Garden & paint
project
10:30 Snack. Luscious Layered
Landfill
11:00 Pictures with Front Loaders
and Dump Trucks
11:30 Nature walk at Perdido
Riverwalk
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Tour Perdido Landfill
2:15 Recycling games inside and
teach garbage mans
handshake
3:00 Go Home! (by this time…. My
favorite part!
Recycling Christmas Workshop
• In 2010 as an expansion of the
Recycling Day Camp we
started a Christmas Camp.
• We do more recycled crafts
and origami boxes.
• I have two large boxes of
scrap paper.. One with
Christmas cards and paper the
other with all other scrape
paper, old recycling posters
etc.
Community Involvement!
Dee Dee Green
Escambia County
850-937-2159 office
850-554-2280 cell
