Junkyard Planet : Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade

from gbelik

I received a free review copy of this book. This book was clearly a labor of love for its author, whose family ran a junkyard and who has been employed as a journalist for scrap and recycling magazines. And it is a joy to read. If you love episodes of "How It's Made" or are one of those people wh...

from Muir_Alex

This book was enlightening at the very least! At its best, it is a solid argument for why we should all focus on reducing and reusing waste products before we try to recycle. Minter does a great job at weaving together the American and Chinese sides of the scrap business, and thoroughly describes...

from patrickgarson

Minter, son of a scrap-man, and one of the few journalists working exclusively on recycling issues, has written a fascinating, inspiring, disturbing, and at times almost magical exploration of the world of recycling. It's a complex story, and it pulls in stories about globalisation, technology, e...

from Stbalbach

I assumed Junkyard Planet would be by a journalist who explores what happens to trash with an angle on the environment. Adam Minter is a journalist, but he works for a recycling industry trade magazine, and grew up in a family of junk dealers. He is an insider with a career reporting on recycling...

from Scrapster888

This is a book for anyone who wonders what really happens to the stuff we all throw away. Interesting characters, scenes, and photos.