It's True! This book is a load of rubbish (14)

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Here's a racy review of rubbish and recycling through the ages, from the times when pigs were let loose in the street to clean up garbage to today's high-tech methods for re-using glass and plastic. Dig up the dirt on muckrakers and mudlarks. Dive into drains and delve into dumps to find out the lore and law of rubbish. Unearth the facts about spies who fossicked in trash cans looking for evidence of dirty deeds, and inventors hoping to patent the perfect dunny. Once you've read this book, the 3Rs will never be the same again.

Deborah Burnside is a NZ writer who is active in environmental education. Having run a recycling business for many years, she really knows her rubbish!

"How can a young reader not pause to pick up any of the It's True!nonfiction series? They have what must surely be the funkiest, attention-grapping titles on any bookshelf loads of utterly fascinating information and trivia delivered in a most engaging flip style. Great fun yet authoritatively researched Cover to cover, they are simply irresistible." Kevin Steinberger, Magpiesvol 20, No. 3, July 2005.a fascinating read My friends are beginning to get annoyed by my sudden outbursts about recycling and toilets!'Ffion, aged 12, YARA www.goldcreek.act.edu.au/yara/