A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.

"What happens to our trash? Why are our oceans filling with plastic? Do we really waste 40 percent of our food 65 percent of our energy? Waste is truly our biggest problem, and solving our inherent trashiness can fix our economy, our energy costs, our traffic jams, and help slow climate change-all while making us healthier, happier and more prosperous. This story-driven and in-depth exploration of the pervasive yet hard-to-see wastefulness that permeates...

Trash trucks roam the city streets gobbling up all the garbage.

Explains waste management problems humans have encountered throught history and how we deal with it now, highlighting key global concerns related to garbage disposal, such as space waste, the problem of plastic, and growing landfills.

"Narrated by the Lorax, this collection of 101 child-friendly ideas for helping the earth includes eco-friendly crafts, games, and suggestions on how to reduce, recycle, and reuse common household objects"--

Uses color illustrations and simple text to explore the importance and benefits of recycling bottles, cans, plastic, clothes, and paper. Includes notes for parents and teachers that have suggestions for reading the book with children and suggestions for follow-up activities.

Oscar the Grouch doesn't normally like visitors. But--what's that? You want to see what's inside his trash can? Okay! With plenty of alliteration to help children learn their letters and to make reading aloud a blast, Oscar enthusiastically takes readers through the alphabet with his treasure trove of trash!

It is Earth Day, and Eliot and Tiny celebrate the holiday by picking up garbage, and helping to plant trees in the park.

A socialite asks Guido Brunetti to investigate a murder that happened in the underworld surrounding southern Italy's garbage dumping grounds.

What if everywhere you looked, you saw something to make? Instead of seeing something broken, you saw something to fix? Instead of seeing something to throw out, you saw something to give away? This is how Nelson Molina sees the world. A former employee for the New York City sanitation department, Nelson saved over 45,000 objects from the garbage to fix and show his community through his museum, Treasures in the Trash. Explore the hidden potential...