Through funding from CalRecycle, Miximer conducts presentations to 5th grade classes in select cities to teach them about recycling, making participating students eligible to enter an art contest that matches an annual theme.
The theme for the 2027 calendar is “Recycling is Your Superpower!” Everyday actions like recycling beverage containers, give students the power to protect the planet, one can and bottle at a time.
Check out the videos we’ve curated for this program to help get those creative juices flowing!
How Kids Can Change the World (3:16)
Meet Ryan Hickman – a kid with a recycling business!
I Thought Plastic Pollution Wasn't My Problem (3:43)
Meet Archie Wallyn – his TEDx talk is inspiring!
Recycling for Kids (3:55)
Why recycling is important and how you can help.
How to Take Care of the Environment (4:41)
Simple actions you can take to help the planet a lot!
How to Take Care of our Environment and Planet Earth (2:41)
10 ways you can become an Earth Hero!
Nine Ways Kids Can Help the Environment (1:50)
Tips on how you can do your part to live more lightly on the planet.
How Glass is Recycled (26:20)
Takes you from curbside container to new bottle.
How It's Made - Glass (3:29)
A shorter version.
Inside the World's Largest Plastic Bottle Recycling Plant (6:30)
See how your #1 plastic bottles are recycled right here in SoCal!
How are Plastic Bottles and Caps Recycled? (4:25)
No, you don’t have to take the caps and labels off in order to recycle right!
Milk Jug Recycling (26:22)
Look for the weird shapes at the end of the video – that’s all from old milk jugs!
How are Aluminum Cans Recycled? (6:18)
Aluminum and aluminium are both correct. Go figure.
Recycling Aluminum (2:51)
Ignore the reference to drinking a beer with frieneds at about 2:10.
(Yes, these videos are about cans, but the process for those new aluminum bottles is the same…)