Make a Difference Project: Resources for 6th grade Literature project: Recycling

How do we end up eating plastic bags? What is 'e-waste'? How do we recycle plastics? This book discusses recycling in a world that has an increasing amount of waste, looking at how effective we are globally at recycling and highlighting issues such as the dangers of recycling toxic or hazardous waste, the potential of 'blackwater' treatment and the use of new building materials that are sustainable, such as guadua bamboo. Read the entire book online with Destiny Discover!

Those big blue barrels seen around the country are helping save the planet--fill them up! Recycling is a big part of many people's daily lives. Cans and bottles are just the tip of the iceberg, however. Inside, read about the many ways that you can recycle just about anything and how those actions can help change the world!

Editor Candice L. Mancini uses a series of thought-provoking essays to take readers across the globe, exploring international issues relating to garbage and recycling. Is E-waste dangerous in India? Is the Nile being ruined by pollution? Is Serbia doing enough to focus on their waste problems? Is Bangladesh's capital swimming in waste? How is China turning trash into art? Readers will explore these questions. They will learn whether Mexico City is running out of places to dump waste and whether the U.S. has a serious issue with plastic bags. Other cultures explored include Canada, Japan, Australia, Spain, the Philippines, and Sweden. One final treat for readers is they'll explore garbage and recycling in space. Read the entire book online with Destiny Discover

Contains articles from different viewpoints on e-waste, plastic bottles, the effectiveness of recycling and burning garbage, and more. Read this entire eBook online on FollettShelf--log in with your network username and password.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, garbage has grown exponentially in the United States since 1960, increasing from 88 million tons (80 million metric tons) to 250 million tons (227 million metric tons) in 2008. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full-color illustrations, this title examines How Serious a Problem Is Garbage? Is Toxic Waste a Serious Problem? How Effective Is Recycling? and How Can Garbage Be Reduced in the Future?

Contains articles from different perspectives on recycling, incinerating garbage, e-waste. Read entire book on line with Follettshelf.

The inspiring true story of how one African woman began a movement to recycle the plastic bags that were polluting her community. Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag became two. Then ten. Then a hundred. The bags accumulated in ugly heaps alongside roads. Water pooled in them, bringing mosquitoes and disease. Some bags were burned, leaving behind a terrible smell. Some were buried, but they strangled gardens. They killed livestock that tried to eat them. Something had to change. Isatou Ceesay was that change. She found a way to recycle the bags and transform her community. This inspirational true story shows how one person's actions really can make a difference in our world.

This book awesome book describes the problems of ocean pollution and dumping (p. 6, 10), the portion of landfills taken up by bottles and convenience-food packaging (p. 12), and how recycling plastics is sometimes not worth the effort (p. 29-30).

Pages 58-63 discuss the amount of time and energy that is wasted by people having to clean, sort, and return stuff to recycling centers. This book presents different viewpoints on plastic bags, recycling, garbage, and pollution.

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Facts about Bottled Water on p. 96.

Pages 11-12 discuss all the resources used in packaging such as bottled water. The book explains global warming and offers suggestions of ways children can reduce their carbon footprint by eating more sustainably and being environmentally conscious while grocery shopping and cooking. CLICK ON THE COVER TO READ A PREVIEW OF THE BOOK ONLINE.

Kids become "rubbish warriors” in Garbage: Investigate What Happens When You Throw It Out. Encouraged to think about the choices they make that generate garbage in the first place, readers learn ways to reduce, reuse, recycle--and rethink their actions. Along the way, kids explore the science of garbology, discover fascinating information archaeologists learn by excavating middens, and use projects to investigate the world of trash.

Pages 23-24 discuss the harmful environmental effects of producing packaging such as bottled water. CLICK ON COVER TO PREVIEW THE BOOK ONLINE.

Go Green is a vibrant series that explains how we can all help to save the planet in friendly and easy-to-understand terms. Each title is packed with up-to-date facts and statistics that show how our contribution can really make a difference- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle looks at what happens to the things we throw away and explains what we can all do to cut down on, reuse, and recycle our things.

Each book in the Eco Alert! series has feature boxes highlighting areas of special interest and suggestions as to how readers can help reduce the problems. Waste and Recycling studies the huge quantities of waste we produce and how we get rid of it. Who are the biggest producers of waste? Where does most of our waste end up? What products can be recycled? Can we learn to be a less wasteful society?

This book presents the case for reducing household, industrial, and agricultural pollution, in order to reduce the harm done to our environment. How will that affect our way of life?

People make almost five pounds of waste every day. Recycling can help reduce waste and save resources. Each ton of paper recycled can save the equivalent of over 185 gallons of gasoline. Knowledge about reducing waste is key to helping the environment. Kids are as concerned about the environment as adults, and Being Green can help kids do their part to help. This complicated topic is made simple for kids in Being Green. Each title features fun ways for kids to help the environment, as well as explanations of the basic science behind these issues. Each books will empower kids by showing them how an individual can make a difference in the world

Discusses the carbon footprint of waste and pollution and ways that the environmental impact of waste and pollution can be reduced.

Out of sight, out of mind. How much longer can humans take this approach to disposing of their garbage? Trash Talk: What You Throw Away looks at the environmental threats posed by the different ways we manage (and mismanage) our waste-while discussing how the mistakes of the past may very well come back to haunt us. Trash Talk is part of the Second Nature series. Each book examines environmental science from every angle-local, global, historical, and even personal. Young readers learn how to get to the heart of a problem, find out about people who are trying to solve it, and discover how they can get involved now...and in the future.

Introduces waste and how it is handled throughout the world, explains how some materials are recycled and reused, and discusses why reducing waste is an important factor in saving the environment.

The collection of essays will get you thinking critically about our world and the things we need to be doing in relation to recycling. The Economist essay defines the benefits of recycling, insisting the benefits outweigh the costs. Another essay reports the exact opposite. By reading divergent viewpoints, readers will be able to form intelligent opinions about recycling.

Don't toss those old sneakers into the garbage! Fill them with potting soil and transform them into clever, eye-catching planters. This fun activity book features 40 inspiring projects that will have you turning faded blue jeans, worn-out sweaters, and grocery bags into beautiful and functional objects.

Grab some old wrappers and containers and get to work. Create colorful beads from paper. Light up your room with a tin can lamp. Weave a candy wrapper book cover. Learn how to make all of these projects and more when you reuse what you already have.

People make almost five pounds of waste every day. Recycling can help reduce waste and save resources. Each ton of paper recycled can save the equivalent of over 185 gallons of gasoline. Read this and more in this thin book.

Individuals interested in "going green" use scientific and consumer knowledge to reduce their carbon footprint.

In this book, readers learn about sourcing eco-friendly clothes, and how they can apply a range of 'R's, such as recycling, reusing, and reducing consumption, to an imaginative range of fashion projects. The book also looks at ways to clean and dry clothes with least impact on the environment.

This addition to the visually stimulating Sci-Hi series looks at the application of green technology in a wide variety of fields, from energy and manufacturing processes to transport and clothes, and it affects our lives. It looks at new materials, discoveries, and inventions, and assesses their environmental impact.

This fascinating volume explains the process by which paper is made and reused. Readers will learn the history of papermaking and the many ways paper is used in our society. The recycling process is explained, and readers are guided toward activities to get their school or community involved in making a difference.

An illustrated non-fiction picture book explains the process of recycling from start to finish. Focuses on five different types of rubbish: paper, glass, aluminium cans, plastic and polystyrene. This behind-the-scenes look at recycling offers fascinating facts and helpful tips for cleaning up our environment.

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! Topics covered: Excess garbage and where it goes, plastics, e-waste, recycling, food waste, climate change (especially caused by garbage & all our stuff), as well as SOLUTIONS to these problems.