Free-loan videos are available for educators in Hamilton County. Video topics include recycling, energy, composting, pollution, and household hazardous waste. The videos are free of charge on a short-term (one week) and long-term (six weeks) basis. Your only expense is return shipping. You can also drop videos off at Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services, 250 William Howard Taft, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, Attention: Education Specialist. After your scheduled viewing, rewind and promptly return the video(s) so they are available for the next viewing request. Videos are available on first come, first serve basis.

To reserve a video, call Hamilton County’s Education Specialist at 946-7736. When ordering, please have the following information: address, viewing date(s), and audience size(s), or e-mail Sue Magness. Short-term loans are available for traditional classroom viewing. Long-term loans are also available for teachers who wish to place videos in school libraries and resource centers, making them available to students and teachers for science project research, rainy day videos, etc.

• Free-loan videos are available from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). These videos are free of charge on a short-term (2 to 3 days) basis. Your only expense is return shipping costs to Filmcomm, USEPA’s distributor. Their videos fall under the following subjects: water, superfund, waste, energy, Great Lakes, toxics, and general. They also have over 60 additional video selections. To find out more about reserving a video from the USEPA video library or to get a video list brochure, call 1-800-944-9134.

• Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, Inc., has a free-loan video program for schools located within the city limits of Cincinnati. Call the Education Program Manager at 513-352-4380 for a video list and other details.