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Trashing the planet : examining our global garbage glut / Stuart A. Kallen.

Summary:

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. 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781512413144
  • ISBN: 1512413143
  • Physical Description: 104 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-100) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
From rags and bones to plastic disaster -- The United States of Trash -- Toxins in our trash -- Take control of your plate -- A graveyard of global waste -- Oceans of plastic -- Space junk.
Target Audience Note:
1200L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 8.6 4 189085.
Subject:
Refuse and refuse disposal.
Genre:
Young adult literature.
Young adult literature.

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  • 7 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Fontana Regional Library.

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