{"product_id":"wasteland-isbn-9780306827112","title":"Wasteland","description":"\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER, THE GUARDIAN, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An award-winning investigative journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing the hidden world that enables our modern economy\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eand finds out the dirty truth behind a simple question: what really happens to what we throw away?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eWasteland\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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.","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891066335461,"sku":"NP9780306827112","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_e06e3de6-a8cd-4e95-8308-fa32957dfc27.jpg?v=1773107446","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/wasteland-isbn-9780306827112","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}