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Adam Minter

Health

Dying Alone in Japan: The Industry Devoted to What’s Left Behind

As the country’s population ages and shrinks, there’s increasing demand for services that clean out and dispose of the property of the dead.

Adam Minter Bloomberg Businessweek Jul 2018 10min Permalink

Business World

To a Chinese Scrap-Metal Hunter, America's Trash Is Treasure

On the road with Johnson Zeng, who buys up the metal “Americans won’t or can’t be bothered to recycle.”

Adam Minter Businessweek Aug 2013 10min Permalink