Congratulations to author Stef Gemmill on the publication of
Toy Mountain
illustrated by Katharine Hall and published by EK Books.
After Sam becomes a toy tester for the Tiny Hands Toy factory he accumulates a pile of plastic toys, discarding Grandma's old hand-me-down toys aside. But one by one, his shiny new toys start to break ...
Australia generates 67 million tonnes of waste each year - half of this is recycled and the rest ends up as landfill. It's estimated about 130,000 tonnes of Australian plastic ends up in our waterways and oceans each year.