08/25/2026
We are gearing up for another great year of waste prevention and sustainability education!
Are you a teacher interested in bringing hands-on environmental education to your students? BRING offers free classroom lessons and field trips for Kā12 students throughout Lane County.
Our programs explore topics like waste prevention, recycling, composting, reuse, and the circular economyāhelping students understand where our stuff comes from, where it goes, and how they can make a difference.
Teachers can choose from interactive classroom lessons or field trips to local waste and reuse facilities, including BRING, the Glenwood Transfer Station, and Short Mountain Landfill.
Start planning for the school year and get your class on our schedule! Email [email protected] to schedule.
The BRING Waste Prevention Education Program is a free program for K-12 Lane County students and schools offered by BRING and Lane County Waste Management. Between Jan. 1 and March 31 of this year, the program generated some impressive results, including:
⢠Opened registration for BRINGās Student Product Design Challenge and received 44 registrations.
⢠BRINGās Waste Prevention Education Coordinator taught 53 classroom lessons and led 10 tours of Lane Countyās waste management facilities to 1252 students across 8 districts.
⢠BRINGās education team provided a tour and a hands-on Rocket Stove demonstration with Kalapuya High School.
⢠BRINGās education team worked closely with an intern from the The Academy of Arts and Academics to create a replica, to scale, diorama of BRINGās Planet Improvement Center.
⢠Led tours of BRINGās Planet Improvement Center for the University of Oregonās English Language Learning Program, as well as the Lane County Master Recyclers cohort.
⢠BRINGās educator attended the annual Farm to School Conference in Corvallis.
Learn more at https://bringrecycling.org/k12education