#BookSky - struggling to get through this, not because it isn’t extremely well-written, intelligent and important…but because the shocking revelations are stressing me out! Need to take breaks and process 📚 #WasteWars 🗑️#Sustainability #EnvironmentalIssues ♻️ 🤔

Brett Christophers · Assume the worst: Where our waste goes Just as Big Oil has repeatedly failed to deliver on pledges to begin decarbonising, so too the promises of plastics...

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#WasteWars: Dirty Deals, International Rivalries and the Scandalous Afterlife of Rubbish
by #AlexanderClapp.
#waste #arbitrage.
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where our waste ends up We do like to think that the stuff we put into recycling bins or return to shops will be neatly disassembled and reconfigured into new products. Unfortunately, a lot of it ends up creating an unsavoury mess in less fortunate countries like Turkey, Ghana or Indonesia, as Alexander Clapp reports in harrowing detail here. Many of the things going wrong with the global waste flows have also been reported elsewhere, but it is shocking to see them all in one place: > Waste wars: Dirty Deals, International Rivalries and the Scandalous Afterlife of Rubbish > Alexander Clapp > John Murray 2025 For a first impression, read my long essay review of the book which is out now in the October issue of C&I: **What a waste** Chemistry & Industry Volume 89, Issue 10, October 2025, Page 36 access via: Wiley Online Library (paywalled PDF of the whole review section) SCI (premium content, ie members only) ((link to be added when available)) As always, I can send a PDF on request. Blackwell's

my review of #WasteWars - really #scaryStuff, so a good #Halloween read. proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/10/where-our-waste-... #bookreview

where our waste ends up We do like to think that the stuff we put into recycling bins or return to shops will be neatly disassembled and reconfigured into new products. Unfortunately, a lot of it ends up creating an unsavoury mess in less fortunate countries like Turkey, Ghana or Indonesia, as Alexander Clapp reports in harrowing detail here. Many of the things going wrong with the global waste flows have also been reported elsewhere, but it is shocking to see them all in one place: > Waste wars: Dirty Deals, International Rivalries and the Scandalous Afterlife of Rubbish > Alexander Clapp > John Murray 2025 For a first impression, read my long essay review of the book which is out now in the October issue of C&I: **What a waste** Chemistry & Industry Volume 89, Issue 10, October 2025, Page 36 access via: Wiley Online Library (paywalled PDF of the whole review section) SCI (premium content, ie members only) ((link to be added when available)) As always, I can send a PDF on request. Blackwell's

where our #waste ends up - my #review of #WasteWars by Alexander Clapp now out in C&I proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/10/where-our-waste-...

#bookreview #environment

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Where Does Plastic And Other Trash Go After We Throw It Away? A journalist traveled to five continents to learn about the afterlife of our trash, and why most “recyclable” plastic actually isn’t.

Did you know less than 10% of plastic waste gets recycled? Most of it is shipped overseas, polluting land and water. Should we rethink plastic recycling and focus on reducing waste instead? Let’s talk solutions! #WasteWars #PlasticCrisis #SustainableFuture

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Revenge of the international rubbish dump: how your old computer could be ransacked to fuel scams In a shanty town in Ghana, hundreds of destitute migrants are employed in an ingenious revenge industry.

Wealthy nations are using poor countries as a dumping ground for their waste under the guise of reuse, recycling & recovery. Superb work by Alexander Clapp in bringing to the surface what we literally try to bury #WasteWars
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