fills (earthwork)

"In 'Get a Job at the Landfill', fictional character Jeremiah Oliver Baumgartner (Job, for short) introduces readers to a wide variety of opportunities found (through his adventure and misadventures) at a landfill. Back matter includes creative writing prompts and activities"--Provided by publisher.

Young readers will discover what happens to trash in a landfill.

Explores Muniz's creative process as he fashions new works from what others have left behind, but it also profiles the people who live near Jardim Gramacho and make their living by sorting what's useful from what is not.

Plastic pollution is one of the most damaging environmental issues we face today. And no one is more passionate about solving this problem and protecting our world than kids!.

In this book, readers learn about the history of recycling, the technological challenges it faces, its economic pros and cons, and the ways it is changing markets and the world.

"A boy watching a garbage truck pick up his trash wonders where it goes, and the story follows two garbage bags as they travel to a transfer station and then to a landfill"--Provided by publisher.

Students see an aluminum can, plastic carton, glass bottle and newspaper dumped into a landfill, then learn that by recycling and reusing them and by reducing their use that, instead of filling up landfills, valuable natural resources could be saved.

Explains what happens to garbage once it is thrown away, describing how landfills are used to dump garbage, and discusses the importance of recycling and reducing the amount of trash that is thrown away in order to protect the planet.