Provides instructions for creating a variety of crafts using everyday items.

A discussion of refuse disposal and recycling.

Bold collage art from mixed-media materials combines with text prompts that invite budding environmentalists to tilt the book to "water" a tree, trace a bumblebee's path, and learn how to help the Earth by recycling and reducing waste.

Readers will learn how to transform everyday, discarded items into jewelry

Presents a rhyming story that helps build early reading skills and offers simple suggestions for going green, from reducing waste and saving energy to donating used objects and recycling.

"Details how to use plastic bottles and jugs in projects that demostrate scientific principles"--

Don't throw it out! Upcycle something old or used to make something new! Braid a plastic bag into a bracelet, twist and turn old CD cases into a photo cube, transform an old keyboard into a decorated frame, make music speakers from paper cups, and add plastic spoons to an old CD to create a shiny flower light.

"Details how to use snack packages in projects that demostrate scientific principles"--

"In Garbage and Recycling discover how to... Sort trash for recycling; Collect some animal decomposers; Build your own compost heap...and much more!"--back cover

"Each of the activities can be achieved in four simple steps using natural materials combined with recycled or found materials from around the home. With a total of twenty-two art activities, each requiring no more than a five-minute setup and cleanup, the crafts are easy to complete and fun for everyone involved. The book also encourages children to see the creative potential in the natural and everyday treasures all around us--from twigs, seed pods,...