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Recycling (Waste) Recycling (Waste, etc.) Recycling (Waste, etc.) Juvenile literature Refuse and refuse disposal Refuse and refuse disposal Drama Refuse and refuse disposal Fiction Refuse and refuse disposal Juvenile literature Refuse collection vehicles 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
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN MURSummary: 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 SESCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Elmo 1999Mulder, 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 MULFlynn, 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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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 628.4 FLYDay, 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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DAYCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAYBarton, 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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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.72 BARShowers, 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
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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 SHOJiménez, 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
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.72 JimStilton, Geronimo
Summary: Geronimo and his friend Hercule Poirat venture into the sewers to find the origin of the horrible stink that is driving all the mice away from New Mouse City--and learn an important lesson about recycling.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2020
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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"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jump 2014
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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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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 FRAMiller, 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.
Format: text
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.Summary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2008
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WALCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WAL RATED GRathje, 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 RATRichey, Ellinor
Summary: "What happens when our most precious belongings... no longer belong? When something we loved suddenly becomes junk, a powerful energy is unleashed. One night, ice-skating prodigy Florence Sato is overwhelmed by pressure and throws away her skates. This fateful moment accidentally summons a "junkwraith," a terrifying ghost which seeks revenge for its abandonment by attacking the memories of its...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Top Shelf Productions 2021
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RICHRoyte, 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 ROYSummary: South Central L.A. junk dealer Fred Sanford and his partner-in-grime, son Lamont, are constantly struggling to make ends meet, but Fred always has just one more get-rich-quick scheme up his sleeve, sometimes involving best friend Grady. When he's not haggling over his empire of junk, he's sparring with his sister-in-law, the cantankerous, Bible-thumping Aunt Esther.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SANRegan, Dana
Summary: "Mike offers to help his friend pick up trash around the neighborhood. But when a rubber duck gets stuck in the garbage truck and trash starts to fall out and litter the town, will Mike and his friends be able to get the duck unstuck?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN REGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN REGMinter, 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