In JUNKYARD PLANET, Adam Minter-veteran journalist and son of an American junkyard owner-travels deep into a vast, often hidden, five-hundred-billion-dollar industry that's transforming our economy and environment. Minter traces the export of America's junk and the massive profits that China and other rising nations earn from it. What emerges is an engaging, colorful, and sometimes troubling tale of how the way we consume and discard stuff fuels a world that recognizes value where Americans don't.