Let's Discuss the Wild Afterlife of Your Trash

You place something in the recycle bin. The truck carries it away. You feel responsible, environmentally enlightened, and perhaps just a little smug. End of story.

Not even close.

In “Waste Wars,” Alexander Clapp follows our discarded stuff into a strange global underworld of brokers, cargo ships, recycling loopholes, illegal dumping, and enormous profits. Apparently, “away” is not a place. It is a complicated international business plan.

Join us as we dig into the wild afterlife of our trash: where it travels, who profits from it, and whether recycling deserves the spotless reputation we have given it.

Bring your questions, your skepticism, and your increasingly suspicious relationship with the blue bin.