"Junkyard Planet" sounds like a book I would enjoy. From the description it sounds like a book I am reading. A National Geographic book called "Earth: The Biography". It's a non-fiction about the different environs on this planet and how they work together to make Earth the special place it is. It is now my favorite book. I read it cover to cover the first time, when I finished it I immediately started reading it over again. And then once more. Well, I'm on my third time reading it consecutively. It's jam packed with information about the environment. So distantly related to scrapping.
Did you know in the 1940's, the American chemist Thomas Midgley jr, invented the chloroflourocarbon "Freon" to replace the dangerous refrigerants previously used in refrigerator and freezers? He was awarded the equivalent to the Nobel prize for this invention. Fast forward 30 years, and another chemist, Mario Molina, discovered the detrimental effects "Freon" and other cfc's have on the ozone layer. He was awarded the SAME prestigious prize as Thomas Midgley jr. One was awarded a prize for his great discovery, and later another guy was awarded the same prize for discovering how not great that previous discovery actually was. The irony..
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