Homeschool Travels - Trash Museum

On a recent trip to Connecticut we were looking for something very unique.  A museum we had never experienced, and boy did we find it.  We had the opportunity to visit the Connecticut Trash Museum in Hartford.

We had a lot of fun!

There is a ton of hands-on activities for the kids to do.  They had a "garbage cave" that they kids could do a scavenger hunt in.  They had to find all the trash people have thrown away.

What products we can get from being responsible and recycling.

Information about the various types of landfills.

They had arts & crafts for the kids to do, using recyclable materials.

Other art made from re-purposed materials

More re-purposed art

Learning about the sorting process

They had a hands on sorting activity.

How to read your plastics

Information on composting

How they remanufacture/recycle materials such as plastic.

A huge bundle of paper

Plastic

Metal

The sorting facility

Clothes made from repurposed materials

If you are in Hartford Connecticut, you must stop at this little jewel.  We learned a lot.  We are still working hard at recycling, and this helped the kids see how important it is.