Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter Summary
Overview of Junkyard Planet
Discover how your trash becomes treasure in the billion-dollar recycling industry. "Junkyard Planet" reveals the surprising economics behind global waste, challenging environmental assumptions with vivid storytelling that earned it "Best Non-Fiction" honors and sparked crucial conversations about consumption's true cost.
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核心要点
Your Trash Isn't Going Where You Think It Is
That plastic bottle you just tossed in the recycling bin? It might end up in a Chinese factory, transformed into a fleece jacket destined for a store near you. The Christmas lights tangled in your garage could become copper wire in a Guangzhou electronics plant. This isn't environmental fantasy-it's the hidden reality of a $500 billion global industry that employs more people than any sector except agriculture. Most of us imagine recycling as a noble local effort, our discards sorted by friendly neighbors and reborn in nearby facilities. The truth is far stranger and more complex. Your recyclables are commodities in a vast international marketplace, shipped across oceans in containers that would otherwise travel empty, sorted by workers you'll never meet, and reborn into products that may circle back to your local store. Understanding this journey reveals uncomfortable truths about consumption, globalization, and what we really mean when we talk about sustainability.
The Economics That Drive Your Discards Across Oceans
The Immigrant Entrepreneurs Who Built Recycling
Inside the Facilities Where Your Car Becomes Steel Again
The Dark Side Hidden in Plain Sight
The Golden Ingot and the Price of Prosperity
What Your Next Purchase Really Costs
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