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內容簡介 你知道在太平洋，漂浮著大量垃圾，它的面積比美國還大嗎？丟棄的塑膠袋堆疊起來可以 有三個帝國大廈高！本書介紹各種能源利用，例如水，不只用來飲用，很多工廠在製作工程中也需大量的水。水必須經過淨化過濾的過程，才能使用，如此便需要用電，但也可以利用水的動能來產生電，一體兩面。本書另外也傳遞環保概念，帶讀者認識汙染源，用清楚的圖片實際傳達如何動手落實----垃圾物再造，讓垃圾變黃金；日常生活小物，使用更環保，例如紙吸管、環保托特包、布尿布等。一起認識環保，一起落實環保，保護地球。 Everything you need to know about what we're doing to our environment, good and bad, from pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling. This environmental book will teach keen young ecologists about our actions affect planet Earth. Discover shocking facts about the waste we produce and where it goes. Did you know that every single plastic toothbrush ever made still exists? Or that there's a floating mass of rubbish larger than the USA drifting around the Pacific Ocean? It's not all bad news though. As well as explaining where we're going wrong, What a Waste shows what we're doing right! Discover plans already in motion to save our seas, how countries are implementing schemes that are having a positive impact, and how your waste can be turned into something useful. Every small change helps our planet!
