{"product_id":"o-polemos-ton-skoupidion","title":"The Garbage War ","description":"\u003csection class=\"s_text_block pb40 o_colored_level s_custom_snippet o_half_screen_height o_cc o_cc2 pt56\" data-snippet=\"s_text_block\" data-name=\"Οπισθόφυλλο\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s_allow_columns o_container_small\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h5-fs\"\u003eWhere does the trash go? Which countries are the Western world's waste being loaded onto? Who are our discarded electronic devices poisoning? How are oil companies using recycling as a Trojan horse to promote the overproduction of plastic? The trash war is raging unchecked today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h5-fs\"\u003eIn this book, the fruit of field research on five continents—from Central America and Africa to the Aegean and Indonesia—Alexander Clapp searches for the places and people who receive\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efinally\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eour waste: toxic waste, electronic waste, scrap metal, plastics. He talks to workers and politicians, to scientists and garbage brokers, to shipowners and activists, exploring the unseen world of global waste trafficking and the monstrous financial interests that govern it.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"s_text_block o_colored_level o_half_screen_height s_custom_snippet pb168 o_cc o_cc3 pt152\" data-snippet=\"s_text_block\" data-name=\"Blurbs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s_allow_columns o_container_small\"\u003e\n\n \u003ch4\u003e\"A dizzying tour of what \u003ci\u003eexactly\u003c\/i\u003e happens to the things we throw in the trash\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003e \"You'll never look at plastic bags the same way again\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003e \"You're standing there with your mouth open\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003e \"A colonoscopy in book form, an exploration of the guts of the modern world\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003e \"I've read books that have brought me tears, nausea, excitement. I've never read a book that actually makes me feel the acrid taste of burning plastic in my throat.\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Αλεξάντερ Κλαπ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56585548988799,"sku":"9786185598488","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/4343\/7439\/files\/o-polemos-ton-skoypidiwn-6019818.jpg?v=1782722473","url":"https:\/\/bookaholicsshop.com\/en\/products\/o-polemos-ton-skoupidion","provider":"Bookaholics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}