Gary Strong Curriculum Center - College of Education, Health and Human Sciences: Recycling

Follows an aluminum can from the time it is collected for recycling, through ninety days of different processing steps, to a new can that is ready for use.

Suggests a variety of crafty ways to reuse everyday items.

A brief explanation on the importance of recycling steel.

"Humans have always generated garbage, whether it's a chewed-on bone or a broken cell phone. Our landfills are overflowing, but with some creative thinking, stuff we once threw away can become a collection of valuable resources just waiting to be harvested. [This book] digs deep into the history of garbage, from Minoan trash pits to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and uncovers some of the many innovative ways people all over the world are dealing with waste"

Explains the process of recycling from start to finish and discusses what happens to paper, glass, aluminum cans, and plastic when they are recycled into new products.

Briefly examines how we get rid of the things we throw away, describing some of the problems of waste disposal and some of the solutions.

Provides a brief explanation on the benefits of recyclng paper.

Offers feces and urine related facts in history and science, covering such topics as the use of manure as a fertilizer, the identification of wild animal feces, diagnosing diseases with human waste, and the recycling of urine on space stations.