Total Garbage
A Messy Dive into Trash, Waste, and Our World
$48.42
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
25 July 2023
Summary
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? Rebecca Donnelly wades into the muck of history and explores present-day innovations to answer some basic questions: Why do we make so much trash? Why are we so bad at handling it? How can we stop it (that is, us) from ruining the planet? She also looks into the out-there trash phenomena like the fatberg—a sewer-clogging floater of congealed cooking grease, baby wipes, and miscellaneous other flushed items. The current record holder for size: 800 feet long and 143 tons!
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250760388 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1250760380 |
| Author: | Rebecca Donnelly, John Hendrix |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 25 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 154mm x 233mm |
| Audience Age: | 8 |
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Critics Review
★ “This thorough and thoughtful treatment allows readers to understand the many complicated issues and possibly generate their own individual solutions. Here, Donnelly has turned trash into readers’ treasure.” -Horn Book Magazine, starred review
★”A fact-filled and fascinating dumpster dive of a book.“-Kirkus, starred review
“Incredibly, this book makes garbage fun to read about and is a great choice for browsable nonfiction shelves and curricular tie-ins.” -School Library Journal
A 2025 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Pick
A 2024 Bank Street Best Book of the Year
A 2023 SLJ Best Book of the Year
A 2023 Chicago Public Library Best of the Year
Rebecca Donnelly
Rebecca Donnelly is the author of many best-loved books for children, including Cats Are a Liquid (nominated for the Mewbery Award), How Slippery Is a Banana Peel?, and Super Spaghetti. Her debut middle-grade novel, How to Stage a Catastrophe, was an Indies Introduce/Kids’ Indie Next pick. Rebecca lives in and writes from upstate New York.
John Hendrix is a New York Times bestselling illustrator and the author of many children’s books, including Shooting at the Stars, Drawing Is Magic, and John Brown: His Fight for Freedom.
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