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Product Identifiers
PublisherGrand Central Publishing
ISBN-100306827115
ISBN-139780306827112
eBay Product ID (ePID)15058367429
Product Key Features
Book TitleWasteland : the Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2023
TopicEnvironmental / Waste Management, Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Environmental Conservation & Protection
GenreNature, Technology & Engineering, Science
AuthorOliver Franklin-Wallis
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight21 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2023-936819
Dewey Edition23/eng/20230703
Reviews"An eye-opening account of the global waste crisis--and how our throwaway culture is trashing the planet. ... Wasteland is an engaging read, and Franklin-Wallis writes in a personable style lightened by occasional touches of wit."-- BookBrowse, "Sometimes it seems as if our main role as humans is to enjoy shiny things for a little while until they become discarded things. This is a fascinating and comprehensive tour of the second half of that equation - the tossed-out usually gets a thousandth the attention of the not-yet-purchased, but Oliver Franklin-Wallis does his best to redress that balance, in a book that wills you see the world quite differently than you did before."-- Bill McKibben , author of The End of Nature, "As Franklin-Wallis also addresses the successes and limitations of recycling, Wasteland is an all-encompassing journey into what we throw away. The author's penetrating insight into how we both create and are threatened by this garbage shows the striking connection between humanity and our planet."-- Booklist, "Franklin-Wallis achieves the difficult feat of making an ostensibly mundane topic feel urgent, and the compassionate profiles effectively humanize a problem that's massive in scope. Additionally, his proposed solutions are well considered, including suggestions to "make greenwashing illegal" and hold companies responsible for the waste they produce, no matter where it ends up. It's a vital call to action ."-- Publisher's Weekly
Dewey Decimal363.72/8
SynopsisNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY THE NEW YORKER, THE GUARDIAN, and KIRKUS REVIEWS An award-winning investigative journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing the hidden world that enables our modern economy -- and finds out the dirty truth behind a simple question: what really happens to what we throw away? In Wasteland , journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis takes us on a shocking journey inside the waste industry--the secretive multi-billion dollar world that underpins the modern economy, quietly profiting from what we leave behind. In India, he meets the waste-pickers on the front line of the plastic crisis. In the UK, he journeys down sewers to confront our oldest--and newest--waste crisis, and comes face-to-face with nuclear waste. In Ghana, he follows the after-life of our technology and explores the global export network that results in goodwill donations clogging African landfills. From an incinerator to an Oklahoma ghost-town, Franklin-Wallis travels in search of the people and companies that really handle waste--and on the way, meets the innovators and campaigners pushing for a cleaner and less wasteful future. With this mesmerizing, thought-provoking, and occasionally terrifying investigation, Oliver Franklin-Wallis tells a new story of humanity based on what we leave behind, and along the way, he shares a blueprint for building a healthier, more sustainable world--before we're all buried in trash.
LC Classification NumberTD791.F73 2023
