Junkyard planet : travels in the billion-dollar trash trade
Minter, Adam, 1970-2013
Book
"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. Minter takes us from back-alley Chinese computer recycling operations to recycling factories capable of processing a jumbo jet's worth of trash every day. Along the way, we meet an international cast of characters who have figured out how to squeeze Silicon Valley-scale fortunes from what we all throw away. Junkyard Planet reveals how "going green" usually means making money-- and why that's often the most sustainable choice, even when the recycling methods aren't pretty."--Dust jacket flap.
Main title:
Junkyard planet : travels in the billion-dollar trash trade / Adam Minter.
Author:
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Imprint:
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press, 2013.
Collation:
284 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Making soup -- Grubbing -- Honey, barley -- The intercontinental -- The backhaul -- The grimy boomtown heat -- Big waste country -- Homer -- Plastic land -- The reincarnation department -- The golden ingot -- The coin tower -- Hot metal flows -- Canton -- Ashes to ashes, junk to junk.
ISBN:
9781608197927 (ebk)9781608197910 (hardcover)1608197913 (hardcover)
Dewey class:
338.47363728338.4736
LC class:
HD9975.A2
Language:
English
BRN:
95216
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Library at the Dock | -Business and IT | BUSIN 338.4736 MINT | Available |