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Empty things, broken things, yucky things — follow the journey of recycled objects as they move through the recycling process in order to be reused in all sorts of interesting ways. With stylish, contemporary artwork from award-winning illustrator Klas Fahlén and friendly narrative text by Polly Faber, this engrossing picture book introduces all the people, processes, machines, and vehicles involved in recycling and trash disposal!
From garbage collectors and waste recycling center workers to container ship captains and landfill employees, children will be fascinated to find out how trash is managed!
Additional nonfiction back matter includes three pages of fully illustrated recycling facts and tips to inspire kids to reduce waste and reuse items.

你知道，全世界每秒鐘使用16萬個塑膠袋。如果把所有塑膠袋串起來，可以繞地球4200圈！每個人家裡總有些要丟掉的東西，像是：空的容器、破掉的用品、穿壞的衣服，長大後再也用不到的東西……
但是，你知道我們每天丟掉的東西都去哪裡了嗎？紙類和玻璃回收後，會怎麼處理？又可以做成什麼呢？廢棄的塑膠瓶竟然可以變成衣服？金屬類回收後，還有哪些用途與可能性？廚餘等垃圾處理過程中，有哪些人員辛苦的工作、會有哪些流程、動用哪些機器呢？用不到的物品，可以如何發揮巧思，重新再製利用呢？
從生動有趣的圖鑑中，一起了解回收物的再生之旅，讓生活的每一天都是「不丟垃圾的一天」！