Go Green: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Where do all the things that we throw away go? What can we do to create less waste? Find out in a vibrant book full of eye-opening facts and eco-friendly activities. Striking colour photos and ‘Did You Know’ boxes enliven a fascinating text that shows why our high-waste society creates problems, and how we can change our ways.

Did you know that a plastic bottle takes up to 450 years to biodegrade? Or that rich countries in the West pay to dump their hazardous waste in poor countries overseas? Or that the number of plastic bags given out in the UK in 2008 would stretch to the moon and back seven times? The good news is we can easily reduce the amount of stuff we throw away, from buying less in the first place to avoiding excess packaging and finding inventive new uses for old objects!