Garbage: What Happens When You Throw It Out

Updated February 21, 2012

NOW AVAILABLE!

Trash. It's all around us. Any place you encounter groups of people, you'll discover mounds and mounds of garbage. In the United States alone, we generate about 210 million tons of trash a year. We toss out and throw away disposable products all the time. Out of sight, out of mind. No need to see or get a whiff of our waste again. But where is out? What does away really mean? And what happens when we run out of out and away?

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Blurbs:

NSTA recommends Garbage!

"Accurately written, kid-friendly, thought-provoking, and funny...hands-on, minds-on..."

Garbage has been nominated for a 2011 Cybils Award in MG/YA nonfiction!

http://www.cybils.com/2011-nominations-non-fiction-mgya.html

Garbage is on the list of nominees for Children's Choice Awards at the Alleghany County Library Youth Services!

http://aclayouthservices.pbworks.com/w/page/44991718/2011ChildrensChoiceAwards

Garbage is listed on Tinlids' Best New Fall 2011 Children's Titles!

https://www.tinlids.ca/resources/newfall2011.pdf

"Fun and informative with a host of interesting projects. This is a tool that can be used both at home and in schools--and deserves to be on the bookshelves of everyone with kids."

Christine Todd Whitman

former Governor of New Jersey and Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

"What you do with your garbage is about choices, and changing individual behavior is the first step. Garbage will teach children at a young age that they can make a difference now and for the rest of their lives."

Matthew McKenna

President and CEO, Keep America Beautiful

"As entertaining as it is informative, this compendium of trash is an absolute treasure. Dig in ... and enjoy!"

Mary McKenna Siddals

Author, Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth

For KBOO radio listeners, Multnomah County Library Recommends Garbage, September 2011

http://kboo.fm/node/31689