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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 14 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Modern waste-management systems are integrating a variety of recycling processes. Transforming waste into energy and waste into new products is at the forefront of new technologies. For example, light is used to separate glass from minerals, while magnets and whirlstreams separate metals from non-metals. Inside the eponymous rotting boxes', organic waste is recycled by organic materialeating micro-organisms into re-usable products. Understanding the...
Author
Publisher
North Point Press
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
193 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The authors argue that the traditional "reduce, reuse, recycle" maxim promoted by environmentalists is not an effective long-term solution to industrial waste, and describes their principles of "eco-effectiveness" which call for a nature-based model of manufacturing.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Scottish sleuth Hamish Macbeth investigates the murder of Fergus Macleod, the tyrannical head of Lochdubh's new recycling center, while coping with the bizarre edicts of a member of the Strathbane Council and his lazy new constable.
Author
Publisher
Melcher Media
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 227 : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this follow-up to Cradle to Cradle, the authors draw on the lessons gained from ten years of putting the Cradle to Cradle concept into practice with businesses, governments, and ordinary people and envision the next step in the solution to our ecological crisis: we don't just use or reuse resources with greater effectiveness, we actually improve the world as we live, create, and build.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time, in a refrigerator not too far away, a jug of milk and a bottle of juice fell in love. All was bliss until Juice was taken away from its one true love and...recycled. Thus begins Milk and Juice's humorous journey through many incarnations around the world. Will they ever be reunited? Or will they stay star-crossed lovers for all eternity?"--
11) What matters
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
Language
English
Description
In this picture book, the ripple effect of one child's small action shows how we can all make a big environmental difference.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
Fly Guy and Buzz visit a landfill to discover where their garbage goes. They learn all about garbage trucks, trash sorting, bacteria, and how landfills can be more environmentally friendly. They also visit a recycling plant to learn about how recycling programs get started, the recycling cycle, and what happens when trash isn't properly disposed of. There are even tips for how readers can help keep our planet healthy!
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 15 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
What is the cost of convenience? Follow the life cycle of a paper cup and the environmental repercussions of a society reliant on convenience. This film is full of information that all consumers should know about the products that we use everyday, and the steps we need to make towards a more sustainable world.
15) Ship breaker
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
16) What a waste
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Everything you need to know about what we're doing to our environment, good and bad, from pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling. This environmental book will teach keen young ecologists about our actions affect planet Earth. Discover shocking facts about the waste we produce and where it goes. Did you know that every single plastic toothbrush ever made still exists? Or that there's a floating mass of garbage larger than the...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
138 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This narrative middle-grade nonfiction from Rebecca Donnelly dives into the scientific and cultural history of the waste humans produce, examining why we make so much trash, why we're so bad at handling it, and how we can stop it (that is, us) from ruining the planet"--
18) Emeraldalicious
Author
Series
Pinkalicious volume 5
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recycling magic turns a garbage-filled park into a "greentastic" garden.
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