Waste management involves shipping massive amounts of trash from affluent countries to less wealthy regions. Journalist Alexander Clapp spent two years investigating this industry, revealing the misleading practices behind waste exportation. Many exported materials, labeled as recyclable, end up in dangerous processing environments where locals suffer from exposure to harmful chemicals. This hidden aspect of waste management highlights the discrepancy between what is perceived as proper disposal and the actual impact on communities and ecosystems in recipient countries.
A billion-dollar industry exists around moving countless tons of waste from wealthy countries to poorer ones, where local ecosystems are often compromised by dangerous processes.
Global trash over the last 30 to 40 years has been sent to poor countries under the guise that it's being recycled, exposing locals to contaminants.
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