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How China Profits From Our Junk

Adam Minter

Adam Minter is an American writer based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he serves as a columnist for Bloomberg View. From 2002 to 2014, he lived and wrote in Shanghai, China, where he focused on a...
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The son and grandson of scrap metalists, reporter Adam Minter traveled throughout the world to investigate how what we discard—and reuse—helps drive the global economy.

 

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Topics: 
Economy, Environment, Society
Keywords: 
Junkyard Planet, Trash, Manufacturing
 
Topics: 
Economy, Environment, Society
Keywords: 
Junkyard Planet, Trash, Manufacturing
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