Environmental Posters l Environmental Activity Books l Public Service Announcements
Environmental Education & Recycling Videos l School Recycling Guide l Composting Publications
For Your Information (FYI) Fact Sheets I Technical Assistance Sheets
Waste Reduction and Recycling Annual Reports
NEW! "Eco-Jeopardy" now available on DVD. Click here for more information.
To request a copy, call 1-800-768-7348.
Publications and Materials
Welcome to the Office's on-line Resource Center! Here you will find many of the Office's posters, fact sheets, activity books, brochures, videos, annual reports, public service announcements (PSAs) and more. Most of these documents are PDF files, so you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them.
Printed versions of these documents are available from the Office's Resource Center located at 8911 Farrow Road in Columbia, SC or by calling the Recycling Hot Line at 1-800-768-7348. You also may request printed copies by clicking here.
Below are a few posters that are available from the Office. You can click on a poster to print it out. The posters are good teaching tools and compliment lessons from "Action for a cleaner tomorrow: A South Carolina Environmental Curriculum Supplement." You also can call 1-800-768-7348 to order and receive printed copies of the posters by mail.
Scroll through the poster gallery and click on the image to view a PDF of each poster.
These activity books are a fun way to learn more about recycling in South Carolina. Click on the title in the list below to view a PDF of each activity book.
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITY BOOKS
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Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
Check out the Recycle Guys PSAs. They SHOULD NOT be copied or reprinted without prior permission from the Office. Please call DHEC’s Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling at 1-800-768-7348 or click here for more information regarding the PSAs.
To view a PSA, click on the links below:
At the Supermarket (8MB) l In the Backyard (8MB) l Buy Recycled (4MB)
At the Convenience Store (4MB) l In the Roll-cart (8MB) l Holiday Recycling (4MB)
In the Classroom (8MB) l On the River (8MB)
Environmental Education & Recycling Videos
"Eco-Jeopardy," "Earth Today," "Trashumentary" and "DHEC1: Behind the Oil Change" are videos developed by the Office and other DHEC Environmental Outreach Programs.
- "Eco-Jeopardy" is based on one of the most popular and successful quiz game shows in television history - "Jeopardy!" Using the unique "Jeopardy!" format, "Eco-Jeopardy" features three student contestants who are given an environmental answer and compete to be the first to come up with the appropriate question. The half-hour program, which targets fourth to eighth-grade students, covers a wide variety of environmental topics such as recycling and energy conservation as well as air and water quality in 12 "Eco-Jeopardy" categories. Additional information on each of the answers and questions discussed in "Eco-Jeopardy" is provided (click here). "Eco-Jeopardy" is available only on DVD.
- In addition, "Eco-Jeopardy" also is included in an hour-long program that includes a question and answer session with students from six South Carolina schools and DHEC staff including Commissioner C. Earl Hunter. This hour-long program, which premiered on Earth Day 2008 on SC ETV stations throughout the state, is available on DVD.
- "Earth Today" is a half-hour program that features student anchors and reporters in a network morning news format. The program, based on the "Today Show," NBC's popular morning news program, provides segments on a variety of environmental issues including air and water quality, energy conservation, recycling and litter prevention. "Earth Today" also features 21 lessons for students from the third to eighth grade. Each of the lessons has been correlated to the state's science standards and includes an overview, background, lesson plans and links to additional information. To learn more about the program, click here.
- Ever visit a landfill? Or a recycling or composting facility? An incinerator? Elementary and middle school students can visit all of these solid waste management facilities without leaving the classroom. "Trashumentary" is a 20-minute video that features visits to each of these facilities with students asking questions to the people who work there.
- DHEC1: Behind the Oil Change" chronicles the rise, fall and redemption of Dawson Leary, an environmentally conscious high school student, who is caught illegally dumping used motor oil into a storm drain. This 14-minute video mimics the popular teen television programs "VH1: Behind the Music" and "Dawson's Creek." The video is the centerpiece for the "Green Driver Project".
To receive a copy of a video on VHS tape or DVD, contact the Office's Resource Center by calling 1-800-768-7348 or click here.
For Your Information (FYI) Fact Sheets
A list of For Your Information (FYI) Fact Sheets are provided below. To view a fact sheet, click on the title.
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A list of Technical Assistance Sheets are provided below. To view a technical assistance sheet, click on the title.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SHEETS
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Click here for "Starting a School Recycling Program: A Step-by-step Guide to Help You Begin Recycling at Your School." This guide offers information on starting and expanding school recycling programs. From determining what items to recycle to tracking your progress, this guide will provide the information you need.
Our composting page provides basic and in-depth composting materials -- including our centerpiece project, Smart Gardening. Click here to view the composting page.
Waste Reduction and Recycling Annual Reports
South Carolina Solid Waste Management Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2007
This report is published annually by DHEC's Division of Mining and Solid Waste Management. It provides an overview of recycling and disposal efforts in South Carolina during fiscal year (FY) 2007 (July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007). The on-line report is divided into the following sections:
- INTRODUCTION: This page outlines the purpose of the report as well as the table of contents.
- SECTION 1: This section provides a statistical summary of recycling and disposal figures for South Carolina in FY07.
- SECTION 2: This section provides an executive summary of municipal solid waste (MSW) including a definition, how much MSW was recycled, how much total solid waste (TSW) was recycled and recommendations for meeting the state's MSW recycling goal.
- SECTION 3: This section highlights the commodities that make up MSW as defined by South Carolina. For each commodity, a definition and description are given, the recycling tonnages are provided for the past six years, a breakdown of the amount of material collected in each county is listed and an interpretation of the amount recycled in FY07 is offered.
- SECTION 4: This section contains the Used Motor Oil Recycling Report which includes the amount of used motor oil collected and the number of collection sites in each county.
- SECTION 5: This section summarizes the efforts of state agencies as well as state-supported colleges and universities and their waste reduction, recycling and buy recycled efforts.
- SECTION 6: This section details the recycling efforts of the entire state and each of its 46 counties. In addition, recycling and disposal rates -- as measured by the state -- is included for all counties. Finally, full-cost disclosure also is discussed.
- SECTION 7: The sections contains disposal and generation data on construction and demolition debris landfills, listed by county and facility as well as a recycling rate and amount for the entire state.
- SECTION 8: This section summarizes disposal data including remaining capacities for South Carolina's MSW landfills and generation rates for MSW, TSW and industrial solid waste
- SECTION 9: This section summarizes information about solid waste planning and demonstration of need.
- SECTION 10: The Appendix contains a listing of permitted solid waste facilities (including but not limited to landfills, transfer stations and processing facilities). The facilities are listed by the county in which it is located, the facility name and the corresponding facility identification number.
- SECTION 11: The Index references key words in the solid waste report listed alphabetically and details the pages(s) where those key words can be found.
To view a full copy (6.77 MB) of the S.C. Solid Waste Management Annual Report for FY07, click here.
Previous Solid Waste Management Annual Reports
Below are annual reports from previous fiscal years. Click on the links below to view the PDFs.
Fiscal Year 2004 Fiscal Year 2005 Fiscal Year 2006
State Agencies, Colleges and Universities Waste Reduction, Recycling and Buy Recycled for Fiscal Year 2007
The "State Agencies, Colleges and Universities Waste Reduction, Recycling and Buy Recycled Annual Report for FY07" details the recycling and buying recycled efforts of state agencies, college and universities. Click here for the latest copy of the report.
S.C. Waste Tire Management Report
The "S.C. Waste Tire Management Report" provides information about waste tire activity in South Carolina.
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