Where Does the Garbage Go?: Revised Edition (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

Follow that garbage truck!

...to the landfill to see how trash keeps piling up...to the incinerator to see how trash can be turned into energy ... to the recycling center to see how a soda bottle can be turned into a flowerpot. Filled with graphs, charts, and diagrams, Where Does the Garbage Go? explains how we deal with the problem of too much trash and provides ideas for easy ways to be a part of the solution.

Children's Literature

Simple, succinct, and clear explanations of how recycling conserves energy and reduces pollution as it decreases waste. This book show the basic steps involved in making new-from-used paper, glass, cans, and plastic; and concludes with a few specific recycling recommendations. A "Let's-Read-And-Find-Out-Science" book.