Trash talk!
Subtitle: moving toward a zero-waste world
By: Michelle Mulder
Series: Orca footprints; Orca footprints
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Victoria, British Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781459806924
Subjects: Refuse and refuse disposal; Juvenile literature
Description: Humans have always generated garbage, whether it s a chewed-on bone or a broken cell phone. Our landfills are overflowing, but with some creative thinking, stuff we once threw away can become a collection of valuable resources just waiting to be harvested.Trash Talk digs deep into the history of garbage, from Minoan trash pits to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and uncovers some of the many innovative ways people all over the world are dealing with waste.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 44) and index.

Booklist, February 2015

Kirkus Review, February 2015

3456 Childrens Plus, Inc.