EAN: 9781398527706

WASTELAND - OLIVER FRANKLIN-WALLIS KARTONIERT (TB)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING   ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'
S BEST BOOKS OF 2023    ‘A gripping read that will anger as much as it fascinates’ Hugh
Fearnley-Whittingstall    ‘An incredible journey into the world of rubbish  full of fascinating
characters and mind-bending facts’ Oliver Bullough  author of Moneyland      ‘Urgent  probing
and endlessly interesting’ Cal Flyn  author of Islands of Abandonment    ' 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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