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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Can I Recycle This? skips over preaching and platitudes common to books on environmentalism and instead gets right to the real information that kids need. It takes readers through every step of the recycling process, from the moment that they throw an item in the bin to its journey through the recycling machinery and on its way to its new life. It gives kids the answers and resources they need to be far better informed than their parents, many of...
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221 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 23 cm
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English
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Presents over one hundred projects for creative "upcycling" -- using used and recycled products to create decorative items in the home, including leather belt doormats, bathroom towel picnic baskets, and a jar lid dining table.
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vii, 166 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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If you, like millions of others, want no part in adding more plastics, microplastics and other wastes and pollutants into our water, soils and food, then this book is for you. Towards Zero Waste offers clear guidance for anyone wanting to be a part of positive change in the world.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's Halloween and Peg and Cat have a big problem! Someone has left the park full of trash and the costume parade might be canceled. Don't freak out, Peg and Cat save the day by sorting and recycling. Then, they discover they've been trick-or-treating with a real, live tiger!
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36 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
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"Una día llegó a Villasilla un señor que tenía cara de cartón. Se llamaba Uriel y conducía un camión de papel. Y, además, quería quedarse con todo el papel que hubiera por el pueblo. Para qué? Qué será lo que busca Uriel? Una carta? O lo querrá para hacer fuego y calentarse con él? Uriel nos enseñará lo importante que es reciclar."--P. [4] of cover.
Uriel has a truck filled with paper. But why? And what happens with the paper?
14) Garbage warrior
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1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Using empty beer cans, old tires, plastic bottles and other garbage, iconoclastic architect Michael Reynolds, based in New Mexico, has been building ecologically sustainable structures for 35 years. Calling his structures "earthships," Reynolds has had conflicts with government officials over inflexible zoning and housing laws, but his architectural ideas were put to use in the Andaman Islands following the 2005 tsunami.
17) Out of the box
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144 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
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"Recycle household cardboard into incredible art projects that you can wear, share, and play with. Learn how to build and decorate more than 25 amazing creations, including costumes and castles, gifts and games, puppets and pirate ships"--
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