Author: edwardhumes

“A fascinating read” (Publishers Weekly): Why do Americans generate so much trash — and where does it all go? With this eye-opening journey into the world of garbage, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist provides “food for thought, and more” (The Economist).

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Garbology explores the hidden and costly wonders of our buy-it-now, get-it-today world of transportation, revealing the surprising truths, mounting challenges, and logistical magic behind every trip we take and every click we make. Transportation dominates our daily existence. Thousands, even millions, of miles are embedded in everything we do and touch. We live in a door-to-door universe that works so well most Americans are scarcely aware of it. The grand ballet in which we move ourselves and our stuff is equivalent to building the Great Pyramid, the Hoover Dam, and the Empire State…