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What a waste : [trash, recycling, and protecting our planet] / Jess French.

by French, Jess.

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DK Publishing, c2019.

Environmental protection -- Juvenile literature.

Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Juvenile literature.

Waste products -- Juvenile literature.

Energy conservation -- Juvenile literature.

9781465481412 (hc.)

First American edition.

72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map (color) ; 29 cm.

Subtitle from cover.

Includes index.

The problem of waste -- Pollution -- Air pollution -- Earth's resources -- Earth's atmosphere -- Deforestation -- Conservation -- Renewable energy -- Household waste -- Where does it go? -- Landfill -- Plastic forever -- Single-use plastic -- Save our seas! -- Cleaning up our oceans -- The 3 Rs -- Recycling news -- Use less, waste less -- From trash to treasure -- Electronic waste -- Food waste -- Eat up! -- Water waste -- Where does our poop go? -- Waste world -- Fashion -- Space waste -- Our future planet -- Get involved!.

Everything you need to know about what we're doing to our environment, good and bad, from pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling. This environmental book will teach keen young ecologists about our actions affect planet Earth. Discover shocking facts about the waste we produce and where it goes. Did you know that every single plastic toothbrush ever made still exists? Or that there's a floating mass of garbage larger than the USA drifting around the Pacific Ocean? It's not all bad news though. As well as explaining where we're going wrong, What a Waste shows what we're doing right! Discover plans already in motion to save our seas, how countries are implementing schemes that are having a positive impact, and how your waste can be turned into something useful. Every small change helps our planet!

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