Where Do Recyclable Materials Go?

About this book

Follow Bubbles and the recycling truck … to the MURF. The Materials Recovery Facility! Find out how papers, plastics, metals and glass are collected, sorted and baled to be made into new products. From the founder of Green Solutions Magazine comes the cheery series with kids who investigate waste and clean up their community. In Where Do Recyclable Materials Go?, Tiana learns about recycling while she and her family searches for their dog Bubbles who had chased after the recycle truck. On their adventure, they explore the MURF—the MRF (Materials Recovery Facility) where they see how recyclable materials are sorted and baled for manufacturing. Based on facts about the process of recycling in industrial countries, this book helps children understand the importance of recycling to save natural resources and much more. In Where Do Recyclables Materials Go?, you will learn: how we collect recyclable materials how we divert recyclable materials from landfills how recycling saves resources, energy and money how you can identify solutions for waste disposal through practical exercises how you can take action through hands-on activities Colorful illustrations and diagrams complement the story of Tiana, Peter and Bubbles (their dog).