Recycling - Education Programs

Recycling Toolkit Litter Prevention Composting Landfill What to expect on a Recycling Tour What to expect from a Mobile Classroom Visit West TN Recycling Hub Educational Video

Observation Classroom Volunteer to Recycle Color Book

One very important value held by the Chester County Solid Waste & West TN Regional Recycling Hub is educating the public on environmentally responsible waste disposal and recycling. The Education Coordinator talks to students and residents about recycling, litter prevention, landfills, and composting with worms. Binny the Recycling Bin is Chester County Solid Waste’s recycling mascot. Binny helps the Education Coordinator teach students about recycling and litter prevention and brings attention from the public during festivals and events. The Chester County Solid Waste Department also offers facility tours of the West TN Regional Recycling Hub and new classroom. These tours give visitors the chance to see first-hand the operations of the Recycling Hub.

In 2018, the “Volunteer to Recycle” campaign was launched. The Recycling Hub along with, Keep Chester County Beautiful, and surrounding counties use the Volunteer to Recycle campaign to teach residents, students, and businesses the correct way to recycle.

The West TN Regional Recycling Hub has the West TN Education and Observation Classroom now open to schedule tours. This classroom overlooks the Recycling Center through a wall to wall window so that the public can view the operations of the Hub and the machinery that processes the recyclables. The Observation and Education Classroom has 6 activity stations are interactive and teach students and residents about the environment, litter prevention, recycling, composting, and landfills. Coming soon the Recycling Hub and Keep Chester County Beautiful will launch the mobile traveling classroom.

Chester County Solid Waste & West TN Recycling Hub has recycling containers in every classroom as well as several containers throughout the schools. Aluminum can and bottle bins were placed in the schools to encourage recycling. The recycling paper route is run every Tuesday morning to pick up the recycling items in the schools and offices. The cardboard route runs Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and picks up at Chester County schools, county offices, and 98 businesses.

For more information on all our programs and to schedule a visit, please call our office at (731) 989-9855. Join us on Facebook and Twitter!