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Junkyard Planet
- Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
- Narrated by: William Elsman
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
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Summary
With unmatched access to and insight on the waste industry, and the explanatory gifts and an eye for detail worthy of a John McPhee or a William Langewiesche, Minter traces the export of America’s junk and the massive profits that China and other rising nations earn from it. What emerges is an engaging, colorful, and sometimes troubling tale of how the way we consume and discard stuff fuels a world that recognizes value where Americans don’t. Junkyard Planet reveals that Americans might need to learn a smarter way to take out the trash.
Critic reviews
"Eye-opening.... [Minter is] an excellent guide to this sprawling and bewildering trade." (Wall Street Journal)
"Superbly researched." (Financial Times)
"Minter’s skillful compilation of trade statistics in and of itself would make Junkyard Planet a strong book. But what tips it into greatness is the confident, sympathetic voice in which he narrates his peripatetic odyssey through the world’s junkyards." (Los Angeles Review of Books)
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- nicholas kelly
- 27-05-21
Incredibly interesting
loved it - fascinating, in depth, confronting at times. it's a book that ensures awareness of the complex nature of junk....
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- Anonymous User
- 22-07-24
informative with some flaws
the information contained was very interesting and well delivered but I had a slight problem with certain bits of information being repeated a lot
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