What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet

This timely informational resource, with its colourful illustrations, cartoons, diagrams, and photos, seeks to educate students about the vast scope of the worldwide waste problem. It approaches the topic from local, national, and global perspectives and clearly outlines the issues surrounding waste, discusses the various types of waste and what happens to that waste, and provides many suggestions of how to reduce waste that even the youngest students can accomplish. The resource provides a variety of cross-curricular learning opportunities, is suitable for a range of learning and teaching styles, and can support inquiry projects and research on specific areas of interest.