“Junkyard Planet” author has covered the global recycling industry for more than a decade.
Adam Minter, the Asia-based columnist for Bloomberg View and the author of Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade will be the keynote speaker at the annual Steinert Expo Aug. 25-26, 2015, according to Steinert US, Walton, Kentucky.
In 2002, Minter began a series of investigative pieces on China’s emerging recycling industries for Scrap and Recycling International magazines that were recognized with the first Stephen Barr Award for individual excellence in business feature writing in 2004. He has been quoted and interviewed on the topic of recycling and waste by a range of international media, including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Vice, The Guardian and National Public Radio.
“We are very excited to have Mr. Minter joining us for our event,” says Jason Looman, president of Steinert US. “His book is a great review of the scrap and waste industries from a global perspective.”
Steinert will give out signed copies of Minter’s book to expo attendees.
The Steinert Expo is a two-day event offering training, executive sessions and access to an exposition that features companies in the industry. A “Casino Night” during the event will raise money for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
“Mr. Minter will be focusing his discussion on the current trends and future outlook on the global recycling business,” Looman says. “If you want to know what is happening in Asia, the expo is the place to be.”
This is the fourth annual Steinert Expo. It takes place at the company’s North American headquarters in Walton.
Registration for the event begins April 21, 2015, during the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Convention & Exposition in Vancouver, British Columbia.