It may be fouling and smothering our fragile planet, but garbage is pure gold for the waste management industry. From per-ton tipping fees at landfills to a price tag of $250,000 for the average curbside collection truck, there’s money to be made ...
Thousands of miles away from civilization, Midway Atoll is in one of the most remote places on earth. And yet its become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. In this independent documenta...