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Assistance and guides

Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County (LHWMP)

www.govlink.org/hazwaste/index.cfm (external)
Offers information and services to help reduce toxic and hazardous materials, safely use and store hazardous materials and properly dispose of hazardous wastes. For information about school programs and services, see: www.govlink.org/hazwaste/schoolyouth/index.cfm (external)

King County Solid Waste Division: What do I do with? Web site

http://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/wdidw/index.asp
Use this site to locate disposal options for a variety of products and materials

King County Solid Waste Division

www.govlink.org/hazwaste/publications/HHWHealthierClassroom_06.pdf (external)
Seven steps to a healthier classroom guide

US EPA, Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool

www.epa.gov/schools/healthyseat/ (external)
(HealthySEATv2) is a fully customizable and easy to use software program designed to help school districts evaluate and manage all of their environmental, safety and health issues.

Educational resources

King County Solid Waste Division: Hazards on the Homefront

http://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/education/curriculum.asp
Teacher guide and lesson plan

Cleaning products

Green Seal

www.greenseal.org/

Labour Environmental Alliance Society: Cleaners and Toxins: How to Get Toxic Cleaning Products Out of Your Workplace and Out of the Environment

leas.ca//UserFiles/File/pdf/Toxins%20Guide.pdf (external)

New American Dream: Green Your School guide

www.newdream.org/work/school.php#cleaning (external)

Indoor air quality (IAQ)

Washington State Department of Health.

www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/ts/IAQ/schooliaqbmp.pdf (external)
School IAQ best practices manual

Report on Implementation of Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor Air

Quality-Tools for Schools Program in King County Schools, December 2005.
Contact Gail Gensler at gail.gensler@kingcounty.gov for a copy.

Oregon Department of Education

DVD: "Asthma Friendly Schools: A Coordinated School Health Approach"
Request a free copy: tamara.kuenzi@state.or.us. The DVD is not copyrighted and can be freely copied.

Washington State Department of Health (DOH)

Contact Paul Marchant: paul.marchant@doh.wa.gov; 360-236-3363

(1) IAQ monitoring stations: loans of free, portable stations to schools and school districts to measure carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), temperature, relative humidity (RH), and six size ranges of airborne particles. The equipment includes a laptop computer for collecting data, a user's guide for downloading and analyzing data, and an information rack with IAQ resources. Users agree to provide DOH with partially de-identified, collected data to help DOH identify broad trends and help schools deal with IAQ concerns.
(2) Assistance to investigate specific IAQ concerns.

Washington State University Energy Programs Publications

www.energy.wsu.edu/pubs/ (external)
Includes ideas for improving some environmental health conditions in schools. To subscribe to the IAQ News, send a blank email message to: subscribe-iaq@listserv.energy.wsu.edu. The newsletter includes articles about IAQ, announcements about training events, grant opportunities, and other information useful to school districts

Bellevue School District IAQ policy:

www.bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1483 (external)
School district policy directs schools to avoid use of perfumes and scented room fresheners.

Oregon State University:

www.hydroville.org/ (external)
Recommended for tenth grade biology. High school students participate as a team of environmental consultants in a simulated problem-solving curriculum to see if there is an indoor air quality problem in a school. Student teams present their findings at a school board meeting.

Missouri School District policy:

www.jcps.k12.mo.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=9872&sc_id=1123255029 (external)
Policy limits fragrances on school property

The Northwest Clean Air Agency

www.nwcleanair.org/aqPrograms/indoorAir.htm (external)

General IAQ resources

www.nwcleanair.org/pdf/resources/teachers/EducationBroch_final%20-1-06.pdf (external)
Educational materials, resource guides, display materials

King Count Green Schools Program - Transportation Choices

US EPA, Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools kit

www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/actionkit.html (external)
A free resource that shows schools how to carry out a practical plan to improve indoor air problems at little or no cost using straightforward activities and in-house staff. Order from the Web site above or view most sections online.

Washington State University

www.energy.wsu.edu/projects/building/iaq_nl.cfm (external)
Indoor air quality newsletters

Mercury

Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County

www.govlink.org/hazwaste/house/disposal/AnyProduct.cfm?entityID=923&catID=935 (external)
Mercury thermometer exchange program

Pesticides

Compliance Guide for the Use of Pesticides at Public Schools (K-12) and Licensed Day-Care Center:

agr.wa.gov/PestFert/Pesticides/docs/ComplGuidePub075.pdf (external)

Healthy Public Spaces DVD

A short DVD about pesticide-free landscaping on public grounds, including schools; includes interviews with school maintenance staff.
Copies for loan available from King County Green Schools Program: dale.alekel@kingcounty.gov; 206-296-8457

Farm to School

www.farmtoschool.org/policies.php (external)

Purchasing policies, guidelines, resources

King County Green Schools Program, Environmental purchasing page and resources

Green Seal

www.greenseal.org/ (external)

New American Dream: Green Your School guide

www.newdream.org/work/school.php#cleaning (external)

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