Total Garbage: A Messy Dive into Trash, Waste, and Our World

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Trash has been part of human societies since the beginning. It seems like the inevitable end to the process of making and using things, but why Rebecca Donnelly wades into the muck of history and explores present-day innovations to answer some basic questions: Why do we make so much trash Why are we so bad at handling it How can we stop it (that is, us) from ruining the planet She also looks into the out-there trash phenomena like the fatberg-a sewer-clogging floater of congealed cooking grease, baby wipes, and miscellaneous other flushed items. The current record holder for size: 800 feet long and 143 tons! Godwin Books

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Rebecca Donnelly is the author of many best-loved books for children, including Cats Are a Liquid (nominated for the Mewbery Award), How Slippery Is a Banana Peel, and Super Spaghetti. Her debut middle-grade novel, How to Stage a Catastrophe, was an Indies Introduce/Kids' Indie Next pick. Rebecca lives in and writes from upstate New York. rebeccadonnellywrites.com John Hendrix is a New York Times bestselling illustrator and the author of many children's books, including Shooting at the Stars, Drawing Is Magic, and John Brown: His Fight for Freedom. johnhendrix.com