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Junkyard planet travels in the billion-dollar trash trade

"When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday's newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don't want and turn it into something you can't wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter--veteran journalist and son o...

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Main Author: Minter, Adam, 1970-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2013.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Refuse disposal industry.
Refuse and refuse disposal.
Scrap materials.
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
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Summary:"When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday's newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don't want and turn it into something you can't wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter--veteran journalist and son of an American junkyard owner--travels deeply into a vast, often hidden, multibillion-dollar industry that's transforming our economy and environment"--Dust jacket flap.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:284 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
ISBN:9781608197910 (hbk.)
1608197913 (hbk.)
Author Notes:Adam Minter grew up in a family of scrap dealers in Minneapolis. He became a professional journalist and now serves as the Shanghai correspondent for Bloomberg World View, in addition to making regular contributions to the Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and other publications. He now lives in Shanghai and blogs at shanghaiscrap.com. Junkyard Planet is his first book.

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