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A review by meredith_w
Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future by Oliver Franklin-Wallis
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
"Once you really start to look at waste, you see it everywhere. It becomes an obsession."
When I first started learning about waste ('Garbology', by Edward Humes) and individual ways I can reduce my waste ('Zero Waste Home', by Bea Johnson), I was hooked - and obsessed. I love reading the latest books about waste, and 'Wasteland' is a new favourite. It's entertaining, infuriating, informative, compelling, and often funny.
I learned more about textile waste and the Kantamanto market in Ghana. I was introduced to new-to-me environmental hellscapes such as Tar Creek in Oklahoma and Runit Dome, a nuclear sarcophagus in the Marshall Islands. I learned about 'Compost John', an incredibly endearing and inspiring freegan living in the UK.
'Wasteland' is an investigative dive into the realities of the mess we've made. It's so smart and interesting - and really important.
When I first started learning about waste ('Garbology', by Edward Humes) and individual ways I can reduce my waste ('Zero Waste Home', by Bea Johnson), I was hooked - and obsessed. I love reading the latest books about waste, and 'Wasteland' is a new favourite. It's entertaining, infuriating, informative, compelling, and often funny.
I learned more about textile waste and the Kantamanto market in Ghana. I was introduced to new-to-me environmental hellscapes such as Tar Creek in Oklahoma and Runit Dome, a nuclear sarcophagus in the Marshall Islands. I learned about 'Compost John', an incredibly endearing and inspiring freegan living in the UK.
'Wasteland' is an investigative dive into the realities of the mess we've made. It's so smart and interesting - and really important.