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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�?Ts overflowing sewers, from hollowed-out mining towns in the USA to Ghana�?Ts 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. A�Both shocking and hopeful, Wasteland is the timely and ultimately human story at the heart of an urgent global issue. 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In the end, it all ends up in the same place �?\" the endless ingenuity of humanity in one filthy, fascinating mass.' A� When we throw things �?~away�?T, 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�?Ts overflowing sewers, from hollowed-out mining towns in the USA to Ghana�?Ts 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. A�Both shocking and hopeful, Wasteland is the timely and ultimately human story at the heart of an urgent global issue. 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