KERA's Think

Junk: The Billion Dollar Industry


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When we donate clothing and other goods to a charity, do we really know where they go? Turns out, our decluttering fuels a global, billion-dollar, second-hand trade system. Adam Minter joins host Krys Boyd to talk about people who find treasure in our trash — and why, with all our stuff, we continue to buy new things. His new book is called “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale.” 
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