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41) Trash!
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
Examines various methods of garbage disposal, with an emphasis on sanitary landfills but also surveying such alternatives as mass burn and recycling.
Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Graphic novel based on the author's time spent working on a garbage truck.
Inspired by Derf's own experiences as a garbageman, Trashed follows the raucous escapades of three twentysomething friends as they clean the streets of pile after pile of stinking garbage, while battling annoying small-town bureaucrats, bizarre townsfolk, sweltering summer heat, and frigid winter storms.
47) Let's reuse!
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs describe easy ways to reuse items and why it is important to do so. Suggested level: junior.
49) Hazardous waste
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Discusses the scope, legislative angles, and human health aspects of the hazardous waste problem, as well as future plans for dealing with hazardous waste.
50) The tin forest
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
An old man's persistent dreams transform a garbage dump into a forest full of life.
53) Garbage trucks
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and photographs present garbage trucks, their parts, and their jobs"--Provided by publisher.
54) Build a flytrap
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to flies and explains how to build and use a flytrap to control these insects without using chemicals.
57) Wall-E
Publisher
Disney Studios
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Norwood House Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"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"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
If you think your job is tough, try wading through sewage, concocting a new dish from restaurant food scraps or cleaning up after thousands of New York City's pigeons. These are the kinds of dirty, smelly, disgusting jobs that are presented.
