Program or Tour Request
Join our educator for a virtual and interactive tour of our treatment plants.
Classroom Activities
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K-2nd Grade Waste Education Activities
Explore various recycling and composting activities designed with TN K-2 curriculum standards in mind.
![Children involved in papermaking activity from recycled materials](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_card/public/2022-01/Card-3rd-5th-Waste-Activities-Papermaking.png?itok=0AmXdq4d)
3rd-5th Grade Waste Education Activities
Explore various and composting activities designed with TN 3-5th grade curriculum standards in mind.
![Employee at Metro Nashville Recycling Convenience Center](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_card/public/2022-01/Card-Careers-Metro-Waste-Services-Convenience-Center.png?itok=zEkjC_0H)
Metro Waste Careers
Designed for middle school and high school students, start exploring job descriptions, activities, and resources regarding working in waste.
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K-2nd Grade Water Education Activities
Explore videos and activities designed with TN K-2 curriculum standards in mind.
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3rd-4th Grade Water Education Activities
Explore videos and activities designed with TN 3-4 curriculum standards in mind.
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Metro Water Careers
Designed for middle school and high school students, start exploring job descriptions, activities, and resources regarding working in water.
Virtual Tours
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Biosolids Facility Virtual Tour
Join Julie in learning about how we capture methane and create fertilizer at our Biosolids Facilities.
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Commercial Composting Tour
Join Clay in touring an industrial composting facility where food scraps are turned into soil.
![Metro Water Services branded glass pitcher filled with water at foreground of Nashville skyline](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_card/public/2022-01/Card-Drinking-Water-Treatment-Tour.png?itok=7_E3ArGM)
Drinking Water Treatment Plant Tour
Join Julie in learning about how we treat water from the Cumberland River to create clean drinking water.
![Huge pile of paper and plastic inside recycling facility](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_card/public/2022-01/Card-Recycling-Plant-Tour.png?itok=iBKm4xSz)
Recycling Plant Virtual Tour
Take a tour of a Material Recovery Facility and learn about the journey of trash from curbside collections to a sorting facility
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Stormwater Virtual Tour
Join Julie in learning all about Metro’s Stormwater division.
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Wastewater Treatment Plant Virtual Tour
Take a tour of our Whites Creek Wastewater Treatment plant where water is cleaned and returned to the Cumberland River.