{"product_id":"9781608197934","title":"Junkyard Planet : Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eJunkyard Planet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Adam Minter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 \u003ci\u003eJunkyard Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, Adam Minter--veteran journalist and son of an American junkyard owner--travels deep into a vast, often hidden, five-hundred-billion-dollar industry that's transforming our economy and environment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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. \u003ci\u003eJunkyard Planet\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that Americans might need to learn a smarter way to take out the trash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Eye-opening . . . [Minter is] an excellent guide to this sprawling and bewildering trade.” —\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Superbly researched.” —\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Minter's skillful compilation of trade statistics in and of itself would make \u003ci\u003eJunkyard Planet \u003c\/i\u003ea 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.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A satisfying investigation-cum-travelogue.” —\u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fascinating.” —\u003ci\u003eAtlantic Cities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Lively and entertaining . . . \u003ci\u003eJunkyard Planet \u003c\/i\u003eis a book for anyone interested in the environment, the economics of recycling, or a thoughtful look at the consumption we take for granted.” —\u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Bugle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781608197934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40628134019278,"sku":"9781608197934","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781608197934","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}