Trash Talk: What You Throw Away

Trash Talk: What You Throw Away
Author: Amy Tilmont
Publisher: Norwood House Press
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2011-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1599534592

This book looks at the waste products humans create and how they affect the environment. Young readers learn why what you don’t see can hurt you...and also understand the innovative steps they can take now and in the future to make a difference in meeting the challenges posed by the planet’s garbage crisis.

Trash Talk

Trash Talk
Author: Michelle Mulder
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2015-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1459806948

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. Trash Talk digs deep into the history of garbage, from Minoan trash pits to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and uncovers some of the many innovative ways people all over the world are dealing with waste.

Filling the Earth with Trash

Filling the Earth with Trash
Author: Jeanne Sturm
Publisher: Britannica Digital Learning
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1615358773

Young readers will discover what happens to trash in a landfill.

Trash Revolution

Trash Revolution
Author: Erica Fyvie
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2018-04-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1525301144

Think you know all about how your stuff impacts the environment? Think again! Where did all our “stuff” come from? And where does it go when we’re done with it? Kids find out by tracking the life cycles of typical items in a school backpack — water, food, clothing, paper, plastic, metals and electronics. Though they all end as waste, there are lots of decisions to be made along the way. And kids will see that there’s an important, constructive role they can play by making choices that are good for them — and for the planet! A cotton T-shirt. A plastic water bottle. A cell phone. Kids will never look at their stuff the same way again!

How You Can Use Waste Energy to Heat and Light Your Home (and Who's Already Using It)

How You Can Use Waste Energy to Heat and Light Your Home (and Who's Already Using It)
Author: Claire O'Neal
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2010-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1612282431

On average, each American throws away a staggering one ton of trash every year. Most of that trash will reach a dead end in a landfill, taking up space and polluting the earth. We can all make an effort to live a life less trashy by recycling, reusing, and being smart about what we buy. But what can we do with the trash we do make? Cities all over the world are making their trash work for them by turning it into energy. In waste-to-energy power plants, trash is burned in a controlled way to generate electricity while keeping it out of the landfill. Even landfilled trash can be used to generate energy, if we harness the gas released when garbage breaks down. Turning trash into energy is a practical way to help our landfills last longer and reduce our need for polluting energy from coal and oil. Tell your parents!

Trashing the Planet

Trashing the Planet
Author: Stuart A. Kallen
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ™
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512467960

On a global scale, humans create around 2.6 trillion pounds of waste every year. None of this trash is harmless—landfills and dumps leak toxic chemicals into soil and groundwater, while incinerators release toxic gases and particles into the air. What can we do to keep garbage from swallowing up Earth? Reducing, reusing, recycling, and upcycling are some of the answers. Learn more about the work of the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Ocean Cleanup Array, the zero waste movement, and the many other government, business, research, and youth efforts working to solve our planet's garbage crisis.

How Can We Reduce Household Waste?

How Can We Reduce Household Waste?
Author: Mary K. Pratt
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2016
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1467795178

"This title delves into different issues pertaining to household waste and its causes, effects, and how we can proactively deal with it to make our planet a cleaner and healthier place."--

Rally for Recycling

Rally for Recycling
Author: Lisa Bullard
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1541504909

Earth has a trash problem. How can you help? Join Tyler in learning about recycling. Find out what happens to things when they are recycled. Do your part to be a planet protector! Discover how to reduce, reuse, recycle, and more with Tyler and Trina in the Planet Protectors series, part of the Cloverleaf BooksTM collection. These nonfiction picture books feature kid-friendly text and illustrations to make learning fun!

Modern Japanese House

Modern Japanese House
Author: Naomi Pollock
Publisher: Phaidon Press Limited
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2005-11
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

A survey of the most innovative new houses built in Japan.

Terrible Trash Trail: Eco-Pig Stops Pollution

Terrible Trash Trail: Eco-Pig Stops Pollution
Author: Lisa French
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1617856797

One quiet day, E.P. awoke to find a terrible trash trail in To-Be! He leads a clean-up crew through the streets and rivers of his hometown. But it isn't enough to fight Pete J. Pollutes. Only after E.P. and his friends explain how pollution hurts us all does Pete see the beauty of the world and join the Green crew to help stop pollution. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades P-4.