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1) Trashy town
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gilly, the trash man, cleans up his town.
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Introduces the problems of global waste disposal, describing the hazards of toxins associated with landfills, plastics floating in the oceans, and debris orbiting the planet, with some of the solutions proposed by scientists. --Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"What a Waste! explores the problem of garbage and how humans have dealt with it from prehistory to modern times. Topics include how archaeologists study ancient garbage; the growth of consumer culture and disposability; food waste; the environmental effects of garbage; "problem" garbage like electronic and toxic waste; sewage and dead bodies; and garbage in the oceans and in space. Sidebars highlight people and organizations around the world who...
6) I stink!
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Description
With ten wide tires, one really big appetite, and an even bigger smell, this truck's got it all. His job? Eating your garbage and loving every stinky second of it!
12) Foulsham
Author
Series
Iremonger volume 2
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"At the Iremonger mansion, set in the trash heaps of an alternate Victorian London, Grandfather Umbitt Iremonger has found a way to make objects assume the shapes of people, and how to turn people into objects. Will outcast grandson Clod--transformed into a gold coin--and servant girl Lucy (now a discarded button) be found and returned to human form?"--
Author
Language
English
Description
The average American produces 102 tons of garbage across a lifetime and $50 billion in squandered riches are rolled to the curb each year. But our bins are just the starting point for a strange, impressive, mysterious, and costly journey that may also represent the greatest untapped opportunity of the century. In Garbology, Edward Humes investigates trash-what's in it; how much we pay for it; how we manage to create so much of it; and how some families,...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"All the stuff that surrounds us has a life cycle: materials are harvested, the stuff is made and distributed, it's consumed and then it gets trashed or recycled. Using the typical contents of a child's school backpack (defined as water, food, clothing, paper, plastic, metals, electronics), this book explores those stages in detail, including lots of ways to reduce, reuse or recycle waste along the way. Children will gain new insight into the routine...
17) About face
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A socialite asks Guido Brunetti to investigate a murder that happened in the underworld surrounding southern Italy's garbage dumping grounds.
18) Recycling
Author
Publisher
Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
Explains how recycling works, highlights which types of materials can be recycled, and explores how art can be created from discarded materials.
20) Reuse it!
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Introduces early readers to environmentalist concepts including single-use plastics and upcycling, and what they can do to help the environment. Features real-life examples of kids like Lily Platt who have made a difference."--
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