"Simple text and supportive full-color photographs introduce young readers to garbage trucks. Intended for kindergarten through third grade students"--Provided by publisher.

Outlining the inequitable ways in which the world disposes of trash and sharing the stories of those affected, the author recounts his time climbing mountains of refuse with "waste pickers," who make a living gathering recyclables from a Delhi landfill, and describes the work of an environmental scientist who oversees the site of a former Oklahoma town abandoned after toxic byproducts from nearby mines made it uninhabitable. Franklin-Wallis pays keen...

Presents a story of a big city garbage truck who makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.

Four children live on an island that serves as the repository for all the world's garbage. Trash arrives, the children sort it, and then they feed it to a herd of insatiable pigs: a perfect system. But when a barrel washes ashore with a boy inside, the children must decide whether he is more of the world's detritus, meant to be fed to the pigs, or whether he is one of them. Written in exquisitely wrought prose, Pigs asks questions about community,...

Max and his class go to the recycling center and learn what they can recycle and why it is important.

Fourteen-year-olds Raphael and Gardo team up with a younger boy, Rat, to figure out the mysteries surrounding a bag Raphael finds during their daily life of sorting through trash in a third-world country's dump.

Discusses the problems of refuse and effective refuse disposal, recycling as a possible solution, hazardous waste, the international dimension, and possible future developments.

It may be fouling and smothering our fragile planet, but garbage is pure gold for the waste management industry. From per-ton tipping fees at landfills to a price tag of $250,000 for the average curbside collection truck, there's money to be made at every turn. This CNBC Original documentary examines the business of gathering, disposing of, and profiting from the 250 million tons of trash that move through America's communities and ecosystems each...

This program transforms an average family garage into a physics lab as Bec and Julian learn about forces and their effects by investigating common objects such as magnets, skateboards, and the family car. The video aims to help students develop an awareness of science in everyday life and to familiarize them with basic principles of physics. Topics covered include air resistance, energy, forces, friction, gravity, magnetism, and propulsion.

Jenna teaches her brothers about reducing, reusing, and recycling. Includes a carbon footprint activity.