Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.

Andrew, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot wind up at a garbage dump when Andrew's latest invention, the Goa Constrictor, shrinks them to the size of beetles and swallows them.

In the spring of 1987, the town of Islip, New York, with no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage, loads it on a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the East Coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, down to Belize, and back again, in search of a place willing to accept and dispose of its very smelly cargo.

As his pet cockroach keeps him company, Wally the robot shovels and scoops trash into his compacter every day, creating compacted trash blocks, and finding "goodies" to collect .

"The Bins siblings have their sights set on the big pet expo in the heart of downtown Toronto. Dusty, Scraps, and ReRe expect to loot the convention for the latest treats, and they definitely don't expect to meet…Dusty's doppelganger?! Prince the Raccoon is everything Dusty isn't—famous, pampered, and rich! But Prince wants to know what life is like outside his comfy digs and on the streets. So, with the Bins' help, Dusty and Prince decide to...

When you're with Geronimo Stilton, it's always a fabumouse adventure! GARBAGE DUMP DISASTER. Moldy Mozzerella, what was that smell? It was my friend Hercule, and he needed my help. Someone was stealing garbage! A rascally rodent had been sneaking into the Recycling Plant and taking their trash. With the help of Flora, the plants owner, Hercule and I try to sniff the rat out of the stench. Can we find the thief before he runs away with all our trash?...

Geronimo and his friend Hercule Poirat venture into the sewers to find the origin of the horrible stink that is driving all the mice away from New Mouse City--and learn an important lesson about recycling.