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Adam Minter's Blog, page 10
August 13, 2013
Scenes from a Junkyard Planet: What China Throws Away
In the run-up to the November 12 release date of my first book, Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion Dollar Trash Trade, I’m posting a new photo taken during my decade of reporting on the global waste, recycling, refurbishment, and … Continue reading →
August 12, 2013
Scenes from a Junkyard Planet: Viva American Scrap
During the run-up to the November 12 release of my first book, Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion Dollar Trash Trade, every weekday I’m posting a new photo taken during my decade of reporting on the global waste, recycling, refurbishment, and … Continue reading →
August 11, 2013
Scenes from a Junkyard Planet: Scrap Canyon, Vietnam
During the run-up to the November 12 release of my first book, Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion Dollar Trash Trade, every weekday I’m posting a new photo taken during my decade of reporting on the global waste, recycling, refurbishment, and … Continue reading →
August 8, 2013
Scenes from a Junkyard Planet: The Universal Junk Man, Amman Edition
During the run-up to the November 12 release of my first book, Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion Dollar Trash Trade, every weekday I’m posting a new photo taken during my decade of reporting on the global waste, recycling, refurbishment, and … Continue reading →
August 7, 2013
Scenes from a Junkyard Planet: Your American Recycling Bin, at Home.
During the run-up to the November 12 release of my first book, Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion Dollar Trash Trade, every weekday I’m posting a new photo taken during my decade of reporting on the global waste, recycling, refurbishment, and … Continue reading →
August 6, 2013
Scenes from a Junkyard Planet: Your American Recycling Bin, Transported.
During the run-up to the November 12 release of my first book, Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion Dollar Trash Trade, every weekday I’m posting a new photo taken during my decade of reporting on the global waste, recycling, refurbishment, and … Continue reading →
August 5, 2013
Scenes from a Junkyard Planet: Carnival Cans
During the run-up to the November 12 release of my first book, Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion Dollar Trash Trade, every weekday I’m posting a new photo taken during my decade of reporting on the global waste, recycling, refurbishment, and … Continue reading →
August 4, 2013
Scenes from a Junkyard Planet: A First Scrapyard
Starting today, through the November 12 release date of my first book, Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion Dollar Trash Trade, I’m posting a new photo taken during my decade of reporting on the global waste, recycling, refurbishment, and repair trade. … Continue reading →
Paul Krugman’s Communist Viagra Peddlers
Paul Krugman has seen the enemy, and that enemy is a Communist Viagra salesman. At least, that’s the message conveyed in the esteemed Nobel Prize winner’s Saturday blog post at the New York Times, “The Hacking of Michael Pettis.” For … Continue reading →
August 1, 2013
When Child Labor Isn’t Child Labor, and ‘Underage Labor’ is Just Something You Say.
What motivates an activist to exaggerate and even lie about the conditions in which Chinese laborers live and work? Like many, I first pondered this question after hearing Mike Daisey’s infamous This American Life episode. And, like many, I never thought that … Continue reading →
