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My weird school volume 4
Language
English
Description
A.J. and his friends in the second grade learn that art can be made out of anything, even garbage.
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English
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"When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday's newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don't want and turn it into something you can't wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter--veteran journalist and son of an American junkyard owner--travels deeply into a vast, often hidden, multibillion-dollar industry that's transforming our economy and environment"--Dust...
3) Trash
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Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-olds Raphael and Gardo team up with a younger boy, Rat, to figure out the mysteries surrounding a bag Raphael finds during their daily life of sorting through trash in a third-world country's dump.
5) I stink!
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Series
Language
English
Description
A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.
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...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Outlining the inequitable ways in which the world disposes of trash and sharing the stories of those affected, the author recounts his time climbing mountains of refuse with "waste pickers," who make a living gathering recyclables from a Delhi landfill, and describes the work of an environmental scientist who oversees the site of a former Oklahoma town abandoned after toxic byproducts from nearby mines made it uninhabitable. Franklin-Wallis pays...
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Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Do you ever wonder where we put all of our garbage, who gets rid of it, or how our planet isn't a big pile of mess? I'm Trying to Love Garbage has all the answers! From scavengers to detritivore to decomposers, nature's garbage collectors are everywhere. But humans play an important role too, and our favorite narrator is back to tell us all about it. With Bethany Barton's trademark balance of informative and hilarious, readers will finish this picture...
Author
Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"What happens to our trash? Why are our oceans filling with plastic? Do we really waste 40 percent of our food 65 percent of our energy? Waste is truly our biggest problem, and solving our inherent trashiness can fix our economy, our energy costs, our traffic jams, and help slow climate change-all while making us healthier, happier and more prosperous. This story-driven and in-depth exploration of the pervasive yet hard-to-see wastefulness that permeates...
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Series
Publication / Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments volume no. 94711
Publisher
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
For more than three decades, this best-selling guide to the practice of vermicomposting has taught people how to use worms to recycle food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer for houseplants or gardens. Small-scale, self-contained worm bins can be kept indoors, in a basement, or even under the kitchen sink in an apartment - making vermicomposting a great option for city dwellers and anyone who doesn't want or can't have an outdoor compost pile. The...
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Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"Garbage doesn't exist in nature--the output of one organism is the useful input of another. So why does garbage exist in the human system? Why did it only become a problem the past century? And most importantly, how can we eliminate it--outsmart the very idea of garbage? Eco-entrepreneur Tom Szaky says that to outsmart waste first we have to understand it, then change how we create it, and finally rethink what we do with it. He traces the roots of...
15) Trashy town
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Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.
16) Trashed
Author
Language
English
Description
Every week we pile our garbage on the curb and it disappears—like magic! The reality is anything but, of course. Trashed, Derf Backderf's follow-up to the critically acclaimed, award-winning international bestseller My Friend Dahmer, is an ode to the crap job of all crap jobs—garbage collector. Anyone who has ever been trapped in a soul-sucking gig will relate to this tale. Trashed follows the raucous escapades of three 20-something
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Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"In Where Does Garbage Go?, early fluent readers follow trash as it leaves the home and heads to the landfill and all the steps in between. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about what happens to garbage. An infographic illustrates the steps of the process with real photos and descriptions. Children can learn more about garbage and landfills using our safe search engine that provides relevant,...
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Publisher
Back Bay Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Science writer Royte leads us on the wild adventure that begins once our trash hits the bottom of the can. Along the way, we meet an odor chemist who explains why trash smells so bad; garbage fairies and recycling gurus; neighbors of massive waste dumps; CEOs making fortunes by encouraging waste or encouraging recycling--often both at the same time; scientists trying to revive our most polluted places; fertilizer fanatics and adventurers who kayak...
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