landfills

The familiar refrain of "recycle, reduce, reuse" has been around for decades. Nonetheless, many people still don't make the effort to follow these principles when disposing of used items or obtaining new ones. This vital volume helps readers understand why recycling is important, how it happens, and the problems that arise during the recycling process. Additionally, it offers age-appropriate solutions readers can begin to implement in their lives and communities right away and long term.

"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.

Read about the many ways that you can recycle just about anything and how those actions can help change the world.

Examines the processes of trash decomposition, and explains how long it really takes.

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.

In this book, young readers will learn about the hardworking individuals who collect our trash.

Simple text and photographs explain how trash gets from homes to landfills or recycling centers and describes the role of the community workers who make it all possible.

A simple introduction to the purpose and workings of a landfill, describing what happens to garbage after you throw it away.

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.