We do like to think that the stuff we put into recycling bins or return to shops will be neatly disassembled and reconfigured into new products. Unfortunately, a lot of it ends up creating an unsavoury mess in less fortunate countries like Turkey, Ghana or Indonesia, as Alexander Clapp reports in harrowing detail here. Many of the things going wrong with the global waste flows have also been reported elsewhere, but it is shocking to see them all in one place:
Waste wars: Dirty Deals, International Rivalries and the Scandalous Afterlife of Rubbish
Alexander Clapp
John Murray 2025
For a first impression, read my long essay review of the book which is out now in the October issue of C&I:
What a waste
Chemistry & Industry Volume 89, Issue 10, October 2025, Page 36
access via:
Wiley Online Library (paywalled PDF of the whole review section)
SCI (premium content, ie members only) ((link to be added when available))
As always, I can send a PDF on request.
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