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What A Waste: Rubbish, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet

Hardback

Main Details

Title What A Waste: Rubbish, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jess French
SeriesProtect the Planet
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:72
Dimensions(mm): Height 283,Width 223
ISBN/Barcode 9780241366912
ClassificationsDewey:363.7
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Imprint DK Children
Publication Date 4 April 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Help save our planet by learning more about a rubbish subject - our litter and pollution Everything you need to know about what we're doing to our environment, good and bad, from pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling. This environmental book will teach keen young ecologists about our actions affect planet Earth. Discover shocking facts about the waste we produce and where it goes. Did you know that every single plastic toothbrush ever made still exists? Or that there's a floating mass of rubbish larger than the USA drifting around the Pacific Ocean? It's not all bad news though. As well as explaining where we're going wrong, What a Waste shows what we're doing right! Discover plans already in motion to save our seas, how countries are implementing schemes that are having a positive impact, and how your waste can be turned into something useful. Every small change helps our planet!

Author Biography

Dr Jess French is a qualified veterinarian, and is the presenter for the children's TV series "Minibeast Adventure with Jess" on CBeebies. Having spent much of her childhood surrounded by nature, Jess has an intense passion for the environment, and for protecting the world we live in. Jess has published a number of children's books covering a variety of natural history topics.