Wasteland: The Dirty Truth about What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, and Why It Matters
By Oliver Franklin-Wallis
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ISBN: 9781398522763
'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.' 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. Both shocking and hopeful, Wasteland is the timely and ultimately human story at the heart of an urgent global issue.
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Summary
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
An AudioFile Best Audiobook of the Year
A Guardian Best Book of the Year
A New Yorker Best Books of the Year Pick
One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2023
A Next Big Idea Club Pick of the Month
'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.'
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.
Both shocking and hopeful, Wasteland is the timely and ultimately human story at the heart of an urgent global issue.
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Author Bio: Oliver Franklin-Wallis
Oliver Franklin-Wallis is an award-winning magazine journalist, whose writing has appeared in GQ, Wired, The Guardian, the New York Times, the Times Magazine, Sunday Times Magazine, The Economist’s 1843 magazine, and many other publications. He is the features editor of British GQ.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Nature |
| Runtime: | 11.03 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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