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1) I stink!
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.
2) WALL-E
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After hundreds of lonely years, a waste management robot finds a new purpose in life. With only a cockroach for a friend, he finds true love in another robot sent on a mission to Earth to see if it is safe for human life.
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Series
My weird school volume 4
Language
English
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Description
A.J. and his friends in the second grade learn that art can be made out of anything, even garbage.
Author
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
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning investigative journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing the hidden world that enables our modern economy--and finds out the dirty truth behind a simple question: what really happens to what we throw away?"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Get up close and personal with a wonderful world of waste. From composting and recycling, to landfills and dumps, to how creative people are finding new ways to reuse rubbish. It's fun to talk trash when it's jam-packed with infographics, thematic spreads, photos, sidebars, stats, and facts. Also included are quizzes and activities to inspire kids to take action, be proactive, and rethink the things we throw away.
10) Waste disposal
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Series
Language
English
Description
Looks at the different types of waste materials that modern humans produce, the problems that disposing of that waste can bring, and methods of reducing the impact of waste on people and the environment.
11) Pollution
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"It's been reported that about 90 percent of the population on Earth breathe polluted air. Statistics like that make it even more important that conversations about pollution and conservation are had with the youngest children to start them on a path to care for the Earth. This book introduces these concepts in a fun, simple way that new readers will be able to understand. Colorful illustrations draw in reluctant readers and encourage them to keep...
14) About face
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Language
English
Description
A socialite asks Guido Brunetti to investigate a murder that happened in the underworld surrounding southern Italy's garbage dumping grounds.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"New Jersey is sometimes imagined, particularly by non-New Jerseyans, as a giant garbage dump for New York and Philadelphia. But every place has had to struggle with the challenges of waste management. New Jersey's trash history is in fact more interesting than most, and actually more important than most. New Jersey's waste history includes intensive planning, deep-seated political conflict, organized crime, and literally every level of state and...
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