"An examination of the various types of waste produced by people, exploring how much of it exists and where it goes, as well as how waste can be remade into useful items to contribute to a healthier planet"--OCLC.
"Angelina Butterworth couldn't understand why people kept polluting our planet until the day she discovered it was the diabolical plan of aliens bent on destroying Earth! In this entertaining and instructive narrative, readers will . . . find out if Angelina can escape the slimy tentacles of the evil Toxlings while learning what people can do in real life to stop our world from becoming an actual toxic wasteland"--Amazon.
When the puppy they are dog-sitting falls down a hole in the park, Squishy and her "bonus" sisters, the twins Vee and Jesse, discover a tunnel that leads down to the Yarra River in Melbourne, and a secret: the Zoom Mining company is dumping something (toxic waste?) under the public park--and the three girls resolve to expose the company.
Chris MacGregor, his siblings, and his girlfriend run across a hidden safe while scuba diving, and discover toxic chemicals that are destroying the pearl beds off the coast of New Guinea, which leads them to an illegal gold mining operation under an active volcano.
Focuses on the topic, human waste, offering a variety of perspectives, eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more to illuminate the issue.
Chaz Perrone throws his wife overboard one night when she discovers he is helping in the illegal dumping of fertilizer into the endangered Everglades, but she survives to team up with former cop, Mick Stranahan to secretly turn the tables on him.
