A gripping read that will anger as much as it fascinates’ - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on WASTELAND by Oli Franklin-Wallis.
Both shocking and hopeful, #Wasteland exposes the dirty truth about what we throw away, where it goes, and why it matters.
Out now in paperback >> simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Wastelan…

Stunning graph: the plummeting tax rates of the richest Americans. For the first time in history, billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans.

On a day of yet another downpour, worth noting that it's not just you. Yes, it's raining more. (All that melted polar ice has to go somewhere.) news.sky.com/story/england-…

Denmark & Germany set limits for TFA in drinking water. Germany is calling for TFA to be classified 'reprotoxic' - harmful to fertility & foetal development. The UK has no limit on TFA, & it's not one of the 47 PFAS water firms are required to test for.

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Oli Franklin-Wallis hell yeah

Orange and teal movie posters are back, baby

What's a word you hate illogically? Mine is the 'deadpan' used as a verb.

According to an article I have just read on a reputable news website, three-quarters of those who took their own lives in the UK in 2022 were male. We definitely don’t talk about this enough.

Human survivability at its absolute limit in #Asia currently: #Thailand , #Myanmar , #Cambodia , #Vietnam , and the #Philippines . All hit temperatures above 40°C, with some places experiencing an incredible life-threatening heat index of up to 52°C.

When we throw things ‘away’, what does that actually mean? In his highly acclaimed book Wasteland - which was published in paperback in April - journalist Oli Franklin-Wallis takes us on a journey through the global waste industry. buff.ly/3WjDxlg

Jurgen Klopp is a legend. I'll be gutted to see him go. But he's going at the right time.

One of my all-time favourite magazine profiles

BOOM.

In 2010, the Tories came to power talking of 'broken Britain'. And by god they delivered.

Six years after announcing it, the Conservative government has just delayed its own plan to introduce deposits on recycling again - to 2027. A decade to make one small change to waste laws. It will almost certainly never happen. Ineffectual government in action.

This will be news to our local branch of Reform, who have been ingeniously recruiting old people through the use and relentless advertisement of pub quizzes

This is what the climate crisis looks like. Our beautiful homes, luxurious cars, and money has no value on a dead planet.

There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables

This is a wonderful essay about science, sentience, groupthink, climate, and time, by Daniel Immerwahr The Guardian Long Read pocket.co/x9sG8i?utm_sou…

Nice to see Wasteland being engaged with so thoughtfully (alongside the excellent Ed Conway) in MIT Technology Review technologyreview.com/2024/04/24/109…

I’m shocked that nobody wants to buy a $3,500 VR headset