Title statement

Where do garbage trucks go? : and other questions about...trash and recycling / Benjamin Richmond.

ISBN

9781454916253

Publisher (Imprint)

New York : Sterling Children's Books, c2015

Subject - Topical term

Refuse and refuse disposal |vJuvenile literature

Subject - Topical term

Recycling (Waste, etc.) |vJuvenile literature

Call Number

JNF 363.728 RIC

Author - Personal Name

Richmond, Benjamin.

Physical description

32 pages ; 21 x 26 cm.

Series Statement

Good question

Contents note

What's that smell? -- Why do we throw garbage away at all? -- How can we make less garbage? -- Where do garbage trucks go? -- What is a landfill? -- What can we do with landfill land? -- Why did some of New York City's garbage travel 6,000 miles? -- What makes some garbage dangerous? -- What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? -- What are other options for getting rid of garbage? -- Why it is good to recycle? -- What is a recycling plant? -- How does an old glass bottle turn into a new one? -- Can water be recycled? -- Can you recycle food? -- What can we do to help?

Summary

What is a landfill? What makes some garbage dangerous? Why it is good to recycle and can we recycle water? Kids see the garbage truck all the time--but this entertaining and educational book will tell them what it does and where it goes, along with other facts about the trash we create and how it affects the environment.-- Source other than Library of Congress.