Each group needs:

• classroom trash (one week's worth)
• enough trash cans/bins/boxes for sorting different types of trash: recyclable and non-recyclable paper, recyclable plastic and metals and glass, food waste, miscellaneous, etc.
• 3 plastic garbage bags or grocery sacks
• bathroom scale (groups may share)
• rubber/latex gloves, one pair per student
• Let's Talk Trash Worksheet, one per student