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Junkyard Planet

Hardcover • 2013 • English

Junkyard Planet

By Adam Minter

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About the 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 r...Show more

Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

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ISBN

9781608197910

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Junkyard Planet

Format

Hardcover

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