Title Garbage / author: Anita Ganeri ; consultant: Dr. Stephen Burnley.

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New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2021.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department	J 363.72 GANERI	DUE 05-09-24
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department	J363.72 DK	Storage
Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Children's Department	J 628.445 GAN	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Nonfiction	J 363.7 GANERI	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department	J363.728 GA	Check Shelf

Edition	First American edition.
Description	64 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Series	DK findout!
	DK findout.
Summary	"Garbage tells us a lot about how humans have lived in the past, how we're living now, and the impact our waste disposal has on the environment. To create a more sustainable future, it's important that little eco-warriors know about the different types of waste and how to create less garbage!" -- Amazon.com.
	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.
Note	Includes index.
Contents	What is garbage? -- What's hidden in a midden? -- Trash or treasure? -- Where does garbage come from? -- Household waste -- The stages of food waste -- Electronic waste -- Where does waste go? -- Water waste -- Where does poop go? -- Hazardous waste -- Space junk -- What to wear -- The problem of plastic -- Save the seas -- Large landfills -- Using up Earth's resources -- Problem of pollution -- The greenhouse gas gang -- Renewable energy -- Do I really need this? -- Art made from trash -- Zero-waste kitchen -- Making soil from scraps -- Energy-efficient homes -- Out-of-trash thinking -- Meet the expert -- Facts and figures.
Subject	Refuse and refuse disposal -- Juvenile literature.
	Waste minimization -- Juvenile literature.
	Pollution prevention -- Juvenile literature.
	Refuse and refuse disposal.
	Waste minimization.
	Pollution prevention.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / How Things Work-Are Made.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
	Pollution prevention. (OCoLC)fst01070229
	Refuse and refuse disposal. (OCoLC)fst01092888
	Waste minimization. (OCoLC)fst01171037
Genre/Form	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Instructional and educational works.
	Illustrated works.
Added Author	Burnley, Stephen, consultant.
ISBN	9780744036985 (hardcover)
	0744036984 (hardcover)
	9780744036978 (paperback)
	0744036976 (paperback)
	9781544457406 (Follett binding)
	1544457405 (Follett binding)

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