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Junkyard Planet Travels in the Billion Dollar Trade: Inside the Global Recycling Industry
"Adam Minter’s acclaimed book Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade provides an eye-opening look at the massive, often misunderstood global scrap industry, tracing how discarded consumer goods and industrial waste travel across oceans to fuel manufacturing economies in the developing world. The global recycling industry operates as a multi-billion-dollar economic engine that quietly drives manufacturing, resource recovery, and international trade across borders. Far from being a simple municipal service that ends at the local curb, waste management is a complex, highly competitive commodity market. Discarded electronics, c..."
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