hazardous wastes

Chronicles the history of the recycling movement and describes some of the creative ways in which new items are made from used materials.

A directory of over 1,300 hazardous waste sites in the United States briefly describing each site's location, history, the type of contamination, the number of people affected, the clean-up work, the responsible parties, the legal actions, and resources for more information.

The two sets of Starbuck twins use their telepathic powers and the aid of some endangered dolphins to help their father catch a gang dumping toxic waste in the Florida Keys.

Learn about the causes and effects of wasting our resources, from diminishing fuel reserves to saving energy, and how we can recycle to help our planet.

A nationwide investigation into what is being done to safeguard and isolate permanently from the environment spent nuclear fuels and contaminated materials that will be lethally radioactive for as long as 240,000 years.

Examines the increasing problems of toxic waste disposal, including such areas as dumping in poor nations, military dumping, and waste disposal in space.

Discusses the dangers of hazardous waste sites, who is responsible for the problem, who is responsible for cleanup, various legal decisions, and the effects of the federal Superfund.