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📱 eBook en inglés WASTELAND

The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, and Why It Matters

Simon & Schuster UK- 9781398505469

Sociología Estudios sociológicos

Sinopsis de WASTELAND

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

ONE OF THE NEW YORKERS BEST BOOKS OF 2023

INCLUDED IN THE GUARDIANS BEST IDEAS BOOKS OF 2023

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING

‘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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Editorial: Simon & Schuster Uk

ISBN: 9781398505469

Idioma: Inglés

Fecha de lanzamiento: 22/06/2023


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Escrito por Oliver Franklin-Wallis


(Reino Unido, 1989) es un galardonado periodista de revistas, cuyos artículos han aparecido en British GQ, WIRED, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Times Magazine, The Sunday Times Magazine y muchas otras publicaciones. Ha escrito sobre estafadores del arte y exploradores de los fondos marinos, ha informado desde Liberia sobre el virus del ébola, ha hecho la crónica de la díscola carrera para construir un hyperloop y ha perfilado a innumerables fundadores de startups, científicos, directores de cine y famosos. Apasionado del medio ambiente, Oliver lleva mucho tiempo informando sobre sostenibilidad y cuestiones climáticas.
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