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Wasteland - The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, and Why It Matters (Hardcover)
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Wasteland - The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, and Why It Matters (Hardcover)
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‘A gripping read that will anger as much as it fascinates’ Hugh
Fearnley-Whittingstall ‘An incredible journey into the world of
rubbish, full of fascinating characters and mind-bending facts’
Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland  ‘Urgent, probing and
endlessly interesting’ Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment
'AÂ fascinating, deeply researched and hugely important
exposé of what happens to the stuff we no longer want, and
the social and environmental cost of dealing with it' Gaia
Vince ‘Compelling, smart, fair, often funny, always
interesting, and just very important’ Mary Roach, author of Stiff
'There are stories in all our discarded things: who made them, what
they meant to a person before they were thrown away. In the end, it
all ends up in the same place – the endless ingenuity of humanity
in one filthy, fascinating mass.' Â When we throw things
‘away’, what does that actually mean? Where does it go, and who
deals with it when it gets there? In Wasteland, award-winning
journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis takes us on an eye-opening
journey through the global waste industry. From the mountainous
landfills of New Delhi to Britain’s overflowing sewers, from
hollowed-out mining towns in the USA to Ghana’s flooded
second-hand markets, we meet the people on the frontline of our
waste crisis – both those being exploited, and those determined
to make a difference. On the way, we discover the corporate
greenwashing that started the recycling movement; the dark truth
behind our second-hand donations; and come face to face with the
10,000-year legacy of our nuclear waste. Â Both shocking and
hopeful, Wasteland is the timely and ultimately human story at the
heart of an urgent global issue. Â
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