Garbage by Robert Maass

by Robert Maass

An informative photo-essay about the ways in which we dispose of garbage, and about the benefits of recycling. "At the landfill, trucks, bulldozers, and cranes go to work. The garbage is moved, dumped, and pushed along in quick order."Every day we make garbage-a broken toy, a napkin, even an orange rind. But what happens to our garbage once we dispose of it, and where does it end up?This striking photo essay follows garbage on its journey from trash can to landfill and introduces young readers to the sanitation teams who help in the process. With an emphasis on recycling and composting, Garbage involves young readers in alternative ways of giving trash a new and useful life.

Genres: Childrens

Hardcover

First published May 1, 2000

Reviews

[Kate Detjen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyday we make garbage, and lots of it! Garbage is a informative book about the everyday issues of garbage, what it is and where it all ends up. It discusses who the sanitation crew is and how sanitation trucks collect all of our garbage. It follows the tracks of garbage and how it is pushed into a landfill. At the landfill, trucks and bulldozers go to work forming all the garbage into a huge hill in which this later dump soil on top of to create an artificial hill. This educational book then talks about how important recycling is and what it means to recycle something. This book is a harsh reality of what garbage does to our environment and how everyone can help by recycling.

[Alison · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good idea but it was too long for my pre-K class. I skipped a lot of the text while reading.