1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. viii + 390, illus with b&w maps in text (no inscriptions).

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Title

WASTE WARS Dirty Deals International Rivalries and the Scandalous Afterlife of Rubbish

Publisher

John Murray, 2025. 9781399803113

Publication Date

2025

Language

English

ISBN 10

1399803115

ISBN 13

9781399803113

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Economics

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''Jaw-dropping'' The Economist

''A mind-altering and unforgettable read'' Adam Tooze

''If you wish to know how the world really works, read this book'' Misha Glenny

A globe-trotting investigation into the catastrophic reality of the multi-billion-dollar global garbage trade.

Dumps and landfills around the world are overflowing. The millions of tonnes of garbage generated every day have given rise to waste wars, cons and cover ups across thousands of miles and multiple oceans. And few people have any idea they''re happening.

Roaming across five continents, Alexander Clapp delves deep inside the world of Javanese recycling gangsters, cruise ship dismantlers in the Aegean, Tanzanian plastic pickers, whistle-blowing environmentalists in the jungles of Guatemala, and a community of Ghanaian boys who burn Western cellphones and televisions for cents an hour. He reveals how most of our trash actually lives a secret second life, getting shipped, smuggled or dumped from one country onto another, with devastating consequences for the poorest nations of the world.

Waste Wars is a jaw-dropping expos� of how and why, for the last forty years, our garbage has spawned a massive global black market, one that offloads our consumption footprints onto distant continents, pristine landscapes, and unsuspecting populations.

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