Where Do Recyclable Materials Go?

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.After their dog Bubbles chases after the recycling truck, Tiana and her family set off on a search to the Materials Recovery Facility, learning about recycling along the way. Exploring the MRF on their adventure, they see how papers, plastics, metals, and glass are collected, sorted, and baled, and then sent to be made into new products.

Based on facts about the process of recycling in industrial countries, Where Do Recyclable Materials Go? will help children understand the importance of recycling to save natural resources, as well as how they can take action in their own communities.

In Where Do Recyclable Materials Go?, Tiana shares with her class what she learned about recycling while trying to catch her dog Bubbles, who ran after the recycling truck.

Read the reviews:

“An educational resource for parents and teachers alike, the book will educate and entertain while also encouraging children to participate in all aspects of the recycling cycle.” —Foreword Reviews

“Through clear and colorful diagrams, charts, and illustrations and a catchy narrative with humorous asides, the story of why, when, where, how, and what to recycle is told in full. … It is a fun, educational series dedicated to the goal of the “greening” of the planet.” —The Midwest Book Review