Central Kansas Library System

"A girl tosses her plastic bottle in a recycling bin and the story follows that plastic bottle through the process of recycling until it becomes a new bottle again"--

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.

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.

A mean octopus has dumped garbage all over Mermaid Kingdom and the only way to save the mermaids is to find the magic crown.

The Lorax offers readers easy suggestions for going green.

"This search-and-find book invites early readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about garbage trucks and how they pick up trash in order to keep communities clean"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the dumping of garbage in oceans, on land, in the air, and in space and suggests possible solutions to this problem of waste pollution.

This book follows a garbage collector through the work day, and describes the occupation and what the job requires.

Describes how litter is a threat to many communities, and provides suggestions for recycling and cleanup activities.