Waste Wars
Dirty Deals, International Rivalries and the Scandalous Afterlife of Rubbish
Alexander Clapp
- 'Jaw-dropping'
- The
- Economist'A
- mind-altering
- and
- unforgettable
- read'
- Adam
- Tooze'If
- you
- wish
- to
- know
- how
- the
- world
- really
- works,
- read
- this
- book'
- Misha
- GlennyA
- globe-trotting
- investigation
- into
- the
- catastrophic
- reality
- of
- the
- multi-billion-dollar
- global
- garbage
- trade.Dumps
- and
- landfills
- around
- the
- world
- are
- overflowing.
- The
- millions
- of
- tonnes
- of
- garbage
- generated
- every
- day
- have
- given
- rise
- to
- waste
- wars,
- cons
- and
- cover
- ups
- across
- thousands
- of
- miles
- and
- multiple
- oceans.
- And
- few
- people
- have
- any
- idea
- they're
- happening.Roaming
- across
- five
- continents,
- Alexander
- Clapp
- delves
- deep
- inside
- the
- world
- of
- Javanese
- recycling
- gangsters,
- cruise
- ship
- dismantlers
- in
- the
- Aegean,
- Tanzanian
- plastic
- pickers,
- whistle-blowing
- environmentalists
- in
- the
- jungles
- of
- Guatemala,
- and
- a
- community
- of
- Ghanaian
- boys
- who
- burn
- Western
- cellphones
- and
- televisions
- for
- cents
- an
- hour.
- He
- reveals
- how
- most
- of
- our
- trash
- actually
- lives
- a
- secret
- second
- life,
- getting
- shipped,
- smuggled
- or
- dumped
- from
- one
- country
- onto
- another,
- with
- devastating
- consequences
- for
- the
- poorest
- nations
- of
- the
- world.Waste
- Wars
- is
- a
- jaw-dropping
- exposé
- of
- how
- and
- why,
- for
- the
- last
- forty
- years,
- our
- garbage
- has
- spawned
- a
- massive
- global
- black
- market,
- one
- that
- offloads
- our
- consumption
- footprints
- onto
- distant
- continents,
- pristine
- landscapes,
- and
- unsuspecting populations.
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