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Summary: Brooklyn based artist Vik Muniz grew up poor in Brazil. This film follows him as he returns to Rio de Janeiro, specifically to Jardim Gramacho, or "Garbage Garden." The world's largest landfill, it receives 7,000 tons daily, an astonishing 70% of all Rio's garbage. "We are not pickers of garbage; we are pickers of recyclable materials," says Tião, a catadore, or trash picker who thinks of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Almega Projects 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WAS

Summary: Elmo and his beloved blue blanket are inseparable. When Oscar carelessly tosses the fuzzy blanket into his trash can, Elmo dives in after it. He is suddenly plunged into Grouchland - the land of Grouches, stinky garbage and the greedy Huxley who hasn't learned how to share.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SES

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Elmo 1999

Murray, Julie

Summary: Little readers can learn about a vehicle they see every day while strengthening reading skill. Complete with colorful and fun photographs that match the text, a picture glossary, and a fun "Parts of an Garbage Truck" page.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Kids 2016

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN MUR

Flynn, Riley

Summary: Describes the sanitation industry, discussing everything from landfills to how waste is now recycled.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press a capstone imprint 2019

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Day, Nick (Nicholas)

Summary: "Sylvia Samantha Wright is very good at finding--she just doesn't know exactly what all her 'junk' is good for, not yet at least. But when completely ridiculous disaster strikes, she springs into action and uses her junk to create solutions to the town's troubles"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2018

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DAY

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAY

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAY

Barton, Bethany

Summary: "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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021

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Jiménez, Vita

Summary: Every day we throw things away, but is everything we throw out really garbage? Can it be reused or made into something different? Learn how to "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" in this catchy song from the Me, My Friends, My Community series.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Mulder, Michelle

Summary: "Humans have always generated garbage, whether it's a chewed-on bone or a broken cell phone. Our landfills are overflowing, but with some creative thinking, stuff we once threw away can become a collection of valuable resources just waiting to be harvested. [This book] digs deep into the history of garbage, from Minoan trash pits to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and uncovers some of the many...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.7 MUL

Showers, Paul.

Summary: Explains how people create too much waste and how waste is now recycled and put into landfills.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1994

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: P-J Basket SHO

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