Adam Minter is an American journalist and author who covers the global recycling and waste industries. He is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and has spent years investigating what happens to the things we throw away, travelling to scrapyards, recycling plants and waste dumps around the world to uncover the global economy of junk.
Junkyard Planet is his eye-opening account of the multi-billion-dollar global recycling industry, revealing a hidden economy that turns our discarded possessions into raw materials for new products. The book takes readers inside the world of scrap dealers, recyclers and waste merchants, showing how one person's rubbish becomes another person's fortune.
Available as both a book and an audiobook, Junkyard Planet offers fascinating listening and reading for anyone curious about what really happens to our waste and the surprisingly dynamic, profitable and essential industry built on the things we throw away.
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