Total Garbage: A Messy Dive Into Trash, Waste, and Our World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250760388)

Total Garbage by Rebecca Donnelly dives into the messy truth about trash, garbage, waste, and our world--it's a fact-filled and fascinating illustrated middle grade environmental read!

Trash has been part of human societies since the beginning. It seems like the inevitable end to the process of making and using things--but why?

In this fascinating account of the waste we make, we'll wade into the muck of history and explore present-day STEM innovations to answer these important questions:

What is garbage?
Where does our garbage come from?
Why do we make so much garbage?
Where does our garbage go?
What can we learn from our garbage?
How bad is our garbage problem?
How can we do better?

Rebecca Donnelly tackles the extraordinary, the icky, and the everyday, helping us see how our choices, personal and societal, impact our world and our planet--and encouraging us make a change.

Back matter includes a timeline of the history of waste management, selected bibliography, and index.

Author: Rebecca Donnelly
ISBN-10: 1250760380
ISBN-13: 9781250760388
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Language: English
Published: 03/07/2023
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2023
School Library Journal 02/01/2023 pg. 89
Booklist 03/01/2023 pg. 48
Publishers Weekly 04/03/2023
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2023 pg. 156
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2023 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style