Total Garbage by Rebecca Donnelly dives into the messy truth about
trash, garbage, waste, and our world--it's a fact-filled and fascinating
illustrated middle grade environmental read!
Trash has been part of human societies since the beginning. It seems
like the inevitable end to the process of making and using things--but
why?
In this fascinating account of the waste we make, we'll wade into the
muck of history and explore present-day STEM innovations to answer these
important questions:
What is garbage?
Where does our garbage come from?
Why do we make so much garbage?
Where does our garbage go?
What can we learn from our garbage?
How bad is our garbage problem?
How can we do better?
Rebecca Donnelly tackles the extraordinary, the icky, and the everyday,
helping us see how our choices, personal and societal, impact our world
and our planet--and encouraging us make a change.
Back matter includes a timeline of the history of waste management,
selected bibliography, and index.
"clear, engaging writing. . . [and] whimsical, informative, detailed
teal-tone line drawings add to a captivating and important book. . . A
fact-filled and fascinating dumpster dive of a book." --Kirkus
Reviews, starred review on Total Garbage
"this book makes garbage fun to read about and is a great choice for
browsable nonfiction shelves and curricular tie-ins" --School Library
Journal on Total Garbage
"Readers will need strong stomachs for some of the nauseating facts
Donnelly dishes in her deep dumpster dive, but they'll emerge a heartier
lot that's armed with awareness and the tools to clean up their acts,
environmentally speaking. " --Booklist on Total Garbage
