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The Journey of a Piece of Garbage
Tiger – 1st Grade
Champions for Nature Tiger
Elective
Requirement 3

The Journey of a Piece of Garbage

Tiger – 1st Grade
Champions for Nature Tiger
Elective
Requirement 3

The Journey of a Piece of Garbage

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts will learn about the journey a piece of garbage takes and then act it out in a skit.

Indoor
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  •  No supplies needed 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Learn what happens to garbage in your community by visiting a local waste management site or government site. 
  2. Most garbage in communities is collected and managed the same way. 
    • Garbage, non-recyclables, are collected using garbage trucks. 
    • Garbage trucks unload at a waste disposal processing facility. 
    • The garbage is then sorted. 
    • Some garbage is recycled or composted, some may be used for waste-to-energy facilities, and some will be sent to landfills. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather the Cub Scouts and adult partners and ask them what do they think happens to a piece of trash they pick up and put into a garbage can. 
  2. Guide the discussion to what you have learned about how waste is managed in your community. For example, you may learn how successful the recycling program in your community is or where the landfill is located that is used by your community.  
  3. Once you have walked through how garbage is managed in your community give the den time to come up with a skit that describes what they learned. Perhaps someone is a paper plate that gets used and takes the journey with other members of the den acting out the different stages the plate goes through. 
  4. Have the den perform the skit. 

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Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.