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We offer resources and assistance to help your school set and meet recycling and waste reduction goals. Our work is in partnership with the Clackamas County Refuse and Recycling Association. Explore our resources below.
Contact: wasteinfo@clackamas.us
Classroom Presentations
We provide engaging and hands-on presentations in K-12 classrooms. If you do not see a presentation you are looking for, please contact us.
Free Resources
Educational posters for the classroom, office, and cafeteria
Make sure everyone in your building knows what to do with their recyclable, compostable, and disposable items. These posters can support your school’s waste reduction program.
Free recycling and composting bins
Recycling collection in kitchens or copy rooms
Bottle and can collection in cafeterias or common areas
Bottle and can collection in cafeterias or common areas
Paper recycling for classrooms and offices
Food scraps collection in cafeterias
Food scraps collection in kitchens
Workbooks and Guides
An Apple isn’t just an Apple
Educational activity book about food and food waste. Best for grades 2-3.
Una Manzana no es solo una Manzana
Educational activity book about food and food waste in Spanish. Best for grades 2-3.
Oregon School Food Share Program Guide
A step-by-step guide to measure and reduce wasted food through a School Food Share Program.
Oregon Green Schools
Sunsetting of Oregon Green Schools certification
The Oregon Green Schools certification program has ended after nearly 30 years. In that time, it helped over 250 schools across Oregon to reduce waste in classrooms and cafeterias, teach children to conserve water and energy, and help children realize their leadership skills.
While the program has ended, Clackamas County Sustainability and Solid Waste remains committed to ensuring that the program’s legacy lives on. We will continue to support our dedicated teachers, parents, students, and volunteers by providing mentorship, presentations, materials, and mini-grants to assist Clackamas County schools in achieving their sustainability goals.
To everyone who contributed to the success of Oregon Green Schools by doing your part in our little corner of Oregon, thank you for your determination, vision, and teamwork. The knowledge you have shared, the leadership you have shown, and the positive habits you have fostered will continue to inspire lasting change for years to come.
Together, you have made Oregon’s schools healthier, safer, and more sustainable.
Certified schools
We want to applaud the student green teams, teachers, and volunteers whose hard work helped build sustainability-minded cultures within their schools. The following schools are the last to be certified as Oregon Green Schools:
- Clackamas High School (NCSD) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, 2024-2027
- Gardiner Middle School (OCSD) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, 2024-2027
- John McLoughlin Elementary School (OCSD) Green Lunchrooms, 2024-2027
- Summit Learning Charter (Estacada School District) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, 2023-2026
- Sunset Primary School (WLWVSD) Green Lunchrooms, 2023-2026
- Forest Hills Elementary School (LOSD) Green Lunchrooms, 2022-2025
- Hallinan Elementary School (LOSD) Green Lunchrooms, 2022-2025
- Lakeridge Middle School (LOSD) Green Lunchrooms, 2022-2025
- Lakeridge High School (LOSD) Green Lunchrooms, 2022-2025
- Lake Grove Elementary School (LOSD) Green Lunchrooms, 2022-2025
- Lake Oswego Middle School (LOSD) Green Lunchrooms, 2022-2025
- Lake Oswego High School (LOSD) Green Lunchrooms, 2022-2025
- Oak Creek Elementary School (LOSD) Green Lunchrooms, 2022-2025
- Palisades World Language School (LOSD) Green Lunchrooms, 2022-2025
- River Grove Elementary School (LOSD) Green Lunchrooms, 2022-2025
- Westridge Elementary School (LOSD) Green Lunchrooms, 2022-2025
Reduce Wasted Food At School
Compost food scraps at school
Some schools in Clackamas County are eligible to collect compostable food scraps through a commercial composting program. Other schools may consider a small garden composting program. Whatever your needs, we are here to help. Contact us for assistance.
Milk dispensers
Since 2017, Clackamas County has been helping schools transition from disposable milk cartons to using milk dispensers with a washable cup for milk service. This transition has saved thousands of gallons of milk and prevented hundreds of thousands of cartons from ending up in the landfill.
