Informational text, expert analysis, and seminal public documents enlighten students about the garbage situation we are facing, which not only includes mountains of food scraps and discarded possessions, but hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste as well. Take Action boxes give readers ideas on how to do their part to improve the situation, such as reducing how much waste they produce and purchasing reusable water bottles.

Discusses the dual problem of too much ozone in the troposphere creating smog and the depletion of the ozone layer in the stratosphere which shields harmful ultraviolet rays.