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Library Storytime- Here Comes the Garbage Barge

Before everyone recycled…there was a town that had 3,168 tons of garbage and nowhere to put it. What did they do?  Enter the Garbage Barge! This mostly true and completely stinky story is sure to make you say “Pee-yew!”

  • Written by: Jonah Winter
  • Illustrated by: Red Nose Studio
  • Published by: Schwartz & Wade Books
  • Read by: Justin Theroux
  • Run time: 11 minutes

I hope you enjoyed the story.

What was the main reason this story was written?

Why is it important that we reduce, reuse, recycle?

Do you know the average household in the UK produces more than a tonne of waste every year. Put together, this comes to a total of 31 million tonnes per year, equivalent to the weight of three and a half million double-Decker buses, a queue of which would go around the world two and a half times.

18 responses to “Library Storytime- Here Comes the Garbage Barge”

  1. Aleena M.

    1. The main reason the story was written was not to leave a lot of garbage.
    2. It is important because then not a lot of animals will die.

  2. Aamina B.

    1)The main reason this troy was written was because it was talking about
    garbage and what it is doing to the world and people aren’t talking responsibility and it just lands into the sea hurting innocent sea life creatures!

    2)It is important that we reduce,reuse and recycle because animals that live in the sea are getting hurt and are dying.

    I really enjoyed this story because taught me that recycling is very important and that we need to take responsibility for our garbage!

  3. Elyas S.

    1.This story was written because don’t make smock garbage.
    2So that animals don’t eat it.

  4. Archi P.

    1.to stop wasteing.
    2.so that animais don’t eat the garbage

  5. Abubaker R.

    1_They write this story not to throw garbage and thrash in the sea.
    2- It is important to recycle Because a lot Fish and sea animals died .we can stop it by using the recycling system .

  6. Xavier M.

    1.I think the main reason is to not throw garbage
    2.so we don’t have a bad enviroment.

  7. Arina A.

    1)so we don’t throw garbage everywhere.
    2)so the environment is good.

  8. Bethany M.

    And that was a very nice story miss Sharif

  9. Bethany M.

    1. To not be dirty and chook the rubbish around and put it in the bin I think
    2. So we dont have bad investment 👍👍😀😀

  10. Alina B.

    1. I think the main reason is to not throw garbage.
    2. So we don’t have a bad environment

  11. Muhammad S.

    we should not throw garbage every where

  12. Saira S.

    I think the main reason this story was written to help the people and tell them not to throw rubbish on the floor.
    It is important to reduce reuse and recycle because the animals might get hurt and not to have a bad environment.

    1. Mrs Sharif

      What a great understanding Saira!
      When people did not recycle at all, what do you think happened to all that waste?

    2. Safya S.

      so we dont throw garbage everywhere
      so the animals in the sea dont get hurt

  13. Mikolaj P.

    1.so we don’t throw garbage everywhere
    2 so the environment is good

    1. Mrs Sharif

      Good Mikolaj! What happens to the waste over time?

  14. Harroop S.

    1. I think the main reason is to not throw garbage.
    2. So we don’t have a bad environment

    1. Mrs Sharif

      Well done Haroop! How does the author provide information or details to make the story seem realistic?

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