Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade Subclass_PERSONAL FINANCE A penniless orphan kidnapped from

A penniless orphan kidnapped from an African slum

Using gripping case studies

There are a gazillion things to worry about… from schoolwork to friendship problems

How did a player once plagued by aches

Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade Subclass_PERSONAL FINANCE A penniless orphan kidnapped fromWhen you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday's newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don't want and turn it into something you can't wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter veteran journalist and son of an American junkyard owner travels deep into a vast, often hidden, five hundred billion dollar industry that's transforming our economy and environment.