Junkyard Planet
- Author Adam Minter
- Narrator William Elsman
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
- Run Time 12 hours and 9 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Economics, Finance, Business and Management, Hospitality and service industries, The environment, Waste management.
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What to expect
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.
Critics Review
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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 -
A satisfying investigation-cum-travelogue.
Mother Jones -
Fascinating.
Atlantic Cities -
Lively and entertaining . . . Junkyard Planet is a book for anyone interested in the environment, the economics of recycling, or a thoughtful look at the consumption we take for granted.
Brooklyn Bugle
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