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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"--
2) Ship Breaker
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
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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.
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
The University of Colorado Recycling Services (CU Recycling), was contracted by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's (CDPHE) Pollution Prevention Assistance Committee (PPAC) to develop and implement a system to collect, manage, and share baseline data on sources of reused, recycled, and composted materials and potential users of these materials within the Colorado.
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
This is intended as general guidance for businesses that generate smaller quantities of certain wastes that may not have ready access to appropriate disposal programs. It is also intended to encourage local governments and regional county cooperatives to develop household collection programs for one or more of these wastes, or a combined collection program for business and household wastes.
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
Many businesses have been able to significantly improve their bottom line through concerted efforts to identify and reduce the generation of waste of all types. Other benefits of pollution prevention waste reduction include improved environmental compliance, reduced regulatory burden, reduced hazardous waste liabilities, improved worker health and safety, and improved public image.
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Can anything be made of last year's Yellow Pages? Are wine bottles even more enchanting after the wine is long gone? As this inspiring book reveals...yes! More than 30 innovative, green projects will entice you to transform "trash" into stylish home accessories. Now that we are all concerned about our impact on the planet, these simple, positive ideas are a great opportunity to let your creativity shine and give your hands the down-to-earth power...
Author
Pub. Date
c2014
Description
L.T. longs for a brand new bike but when his father builds him one from recycled junkyard parts, L.T. is embarrassed to ride it to school. Can he come up with a creative idea that not only gives him a good-as-new bike, but also provides a new fence for his yard and helps save the planet in the process?
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
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
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
According to BioCycle magazine, Colorado's diversion rate languishes at a low 12.5%. This puts Colorado in the lowest 20% of states in terms of recycling rate, in the company of states like West Virginia, South Dakota, Mississippi, Alabama, and others. States around the country that are finding recycling rates stagnating are looking at options for next steps in energizing diversion progress. This project is designed to explore the State of Colorado's...
15) Selling eggs
Author
Pub. Date
c2015
Description
L.T. is excited about the chickens his family has ordered. He can't wait to start selling eggs for pocket money! But when twelve fuzzy colorful and extremely noisy chicks arrive, it's clear that any pocket money wll have to wait, Can L.T. use his creative recycling ideas to house and care for the chicks, and when the time comes, transport their eggs to town?--Cover.
18) Emeraldalicious
Author
Series
Pinkalicious volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Recycling magic turns a garbage-filled park into a "greentastic" garden.
20) Michael Recycle
Author
Series
Michael Recycle books volume 1
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Michael Recycle teaches the people of Abberdoo-Rimey, a town where trash is piled high, about recycling their garbage.
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