From the acclaimed author of Junkyard Planet, a global exploration of the hidden market for used stuff and a travelogue that follows unwanted, obsolescent objects’ journey into a reusable future.
Adam Minter is the author of Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade and a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. He lives in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
Eye-opening . . . [Minter is] an excellent guide to this sprawling
and bewildering trade.
*Wall Street Journal on JUNKYARD PLANET*
Minter successfully resists oversimplifying the issue China
currently faces--with a growing middle class demanding more raw
material for new construction, the options are living with the
pollution caused by recycling or the environmental consequences of
mining for raw materials . . . Minter concludes that the solution
is in the first word in the phrase, 'Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.'
*Publishers Weekly on JUNKYARD PLANET*
A detailed view of a mostly unknown business that touches the lives
of everyone, whether or not they ever dragged a trash and/or
recycle bin out to the curb.
*Kirkus Reviews on JUNKYARD PLANET*
A satisfying investigation-cum-travelogue.
*Mother Jones on JUNKYARD PLANET*
Minter is here to tell you that there's big money to be made in
what American consumers and industries throw away. As he travels
the world from Houston to Guangzhou, surveying the debris and
discards that fill scrap yards and warehouses, Minter takes the
reader into a world of commodities trading that is every bit as
lucrative and cutthroat as anything on Wall Street. The son of a
scrap man, Minter brings an insider's knowledge and appreciation
for an industry that no one thinks about, everyone contributes to,
and a lucky few profit from.
*Booklist on JUNKYARD PLANET*
Fascinating.
*Atlantic Cities on JUNKYARD PLANET*
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 on JUNKYARD PLANET*
Superbly researched.
*Financial Times on JUNKYARD PLANET*
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