A review by chesterburnett
Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter

4.0

So being a kid at the time, I didn't recall the country being awash in a sea of junked cars while I was growing up. The high price of steel, relative to recycling costs, pulled us out of the sea as it made it worthwhile for everyone to haul their junk to the scrapyard and for the scrapper to recycle. Most likely your parents woody station wagon is holding up some building somewhere in China these days. Interesting review of the world wide scope of the junk trade and make a great case for reuse over recycling.