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Plastic scrap Recycling (Waste) Recycling (Waste, etc.) Recycling (Waste, etc.) Juvenile literature Refuse and refuse disposal Refuse and refuse disposal Juvenile literature Refuse collection vehicles Refuse collection vehicles Juvenile literature Refuse disposal industry Waste minimizationMurray, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Kids 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN MURMulder, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.7 MULShowers, Paul.
Summary: Explains how people create too much waste and how waste is now recycled and put into landfills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1994
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: P-J Basket SHOFlynn, Riley
Summary: Describes the sanitation industry, discussing everything from landfills to how waste is now recycled.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press a capstone imprint 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.72 BARJiménez, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Meister, Cari.
Summary: "This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells about the parts of a garbage truck and different kinds of trucks used to collect trash"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jump 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Franklin-Wallis, Oliver
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.72 FRADorey, Martin
Summary: Every kid can be a superhero, fighting plastic waste at home, at school, and in their community. This engaging guide is chockfull of facts, vibrant art, graphics, and #2minutesuperhero missions-- practical ways to take action now. Some ideas may spring to mind right away, such as picking up trash. Others are surprising, such as learning to cook with fresh ingredients or mending clothes. Readers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.738 DORLatham, Donna.
Summary: Introduces waste and recycling, examines the effectiveness of recycling, and uses projects to investigate the world of trash.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.728 LATLindeen, Mary
Summary: Abby and Elmo learn how to keep the Earth clean by properly disposing of litter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.72 LINRathje, William L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.728 RATRoyte, Elizabeth.
Summary: Follows the journey of American trash from the garbage can to the dump, the recycling center, and elsewhere, speaking to experts on varied aspects of garbage--odor chemists, conservation scientists, CEOs, and others; examining the impact of consumption on the environment; and exploring options for change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.728 ROYMiller, Mirella S
Summary: Examines compost center operators, including what they do on a typical day, what the grossest parts of the job are, and what technology they use to stay safe and make the job less gross.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 631.8 MILRitchie, Scot
Summary: "In the seventh book in the Exploring Our Community series, the five friends learn all about how to reduce plastic pollution. It's Nick's birthday, and he wants to celebrate by challenging his friends to a No Plastics Day. While going a whole day without using single-use plastic, the five friends learn about how much plastic surrounds us in our daily lives; the garbage patch gyres in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Minter, Adam
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.473 MINBridges, Sarah.
Summary: Explains what happens when you drive a garbage truck.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION Bridges 2005Humes, Edward.
Summary: "A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist takes readers on a surprising tour of the world of garbage. Trash is America's largest export. Individually, we make more than four pounds a day, sixty-four tons across a lifetime. We make so much of it that trash dominates America's place in the global economy--now the most prized product made in the United States. In 2010, China's number-one ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 628.4 HUMJensen, Derrick
Summary: A piercing, impassioned guide to living a truly responsible life on earth. Human waste, once considered a gift to the soil, has become toxic material that has broken the essential cycle of decay and regeneration. Here, writer Derrick Jensen and activist Aric McBay weave historical analysis and beautiful prose to remind us that life--human and nonhuman--will not go on unless we do everything we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 JENShores, Erika L.
Summary: "Explains the journey waste takes from garbage cans and recycling bins to landfills and recycling centers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 628.4 ShoTurnbull, Stephanie.
Summary: A brief illustrated introduction to refuse and how it can be recycled.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Ecology TurnbullWard, D. J. (David John)
Summary: Explains the challenges that face our planet as trash continues to build up, and teaches the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling items in order to reduce the amount of waste produced.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETZimmerman, Andrea Griffing.
Summary: Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ZIMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference, Call number: JE REF ZIM1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ZIM