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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
A 2023 BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN AND THE NEW YORKER

‘Captivating’ Literary Review
‘Powerful’ New Scientist
‘Impressive’ Spectator
‘Important’ Financial Times

Waste is everywhere. It’s clogging our rivers and littering our streets. The Pacific Ocean contains a great garbage patch three times the size of France. Our junk is even orbiting the earth. No wonder there are microplastics in our bloodstreams.

Waste, a problem we’ve ignored for too long, is now a global crisis – and it’s getting worse.

From the landfills of New Delhi, to the second-hand clothing markets of Ghana and the overflowing sewers of Britain, join Oliver Frankl

Wasteland

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      Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/11/2024
      ISBN13: 9781398505476, 978-1398505476
      ISBN10: 1398505471
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      Non Fiction Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Waste management

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING

      A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
      A 2023 BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN AND THE NEW YORKER

      ‘Captivating’ Literary Review
      ‘Powerful’ New Scientist
      ‘Impressive’ Spectator
      ‘Important’ Financial Times

      Waste is everywhere. It’s clogging our rivers and littering our streets. The Pacific Ocean contains a great garbage patch three times the size of France. Our junk is even orbiting the earth. No wonder there are microplastics in our bloodstreams.

      Waste, a problem we’ve ignored for too long, is now a global crisis – and it’s getting worse.

      From the landfills of New Delhi, to the second-hand clothing markets of Ghana and the overflowing sewers of Britain, join Oliver Frankl

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