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

By:

Kallen, Stuart A, 1955- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781512448665
9781512467970

Subject(s):

Refuse and refuse disposal -- Juvenile literature

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

TD792 .T737 2017

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Contents:

The toxic roots of trash -- Trashing food -- Worldwide waste -- Oceans of plastic -- Space junk.

Subject: 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. What can we do to keep garbage from swallowing up Earth' Reducing, reusing, recycling, and upcycling are some of the answers. 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.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

The United States of Trash -- The toxic roots of trash -- Trashing food -- Worldwide waste -- Oceans of plastic -- Space junk.

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. What can we do to keep garbage from swallowing up Earth' Reducing, reusing, recycling, and upcycling are some of the answers. 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.