01352cam a2200289 i 4500 334471703 TxAuBib 20171201120000.0 160719s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016033032 9781512413144 37.32 1512413143 37.32 eng rda TxAuBib rda Kallen, Stuart A., 1955- Trashing the planet [BOOK] : examining our global garbage glut / Stuart A. Kallen. Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2018] 104 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-102) and index. The United States of Trash -- The toxic roots of trash -- Trashing food -- Worldwide waste -- Oceans of plastic -- Space junk. Introduces the problems of global waste disposal, describing the hazards of toxins associated with landfills, plastics floating in the oceans, and debris orbiting the planet, with some of the solutions proposed by scientists. 1200L Lexile. 20171213. Refuse and refuse disposal Juvenile literature.