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Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter

Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by William Elsman (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.2listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)store shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade is an audiobook by Adam Minter: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by William Elsman, released March 31, 2021, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.2 hrs
Narrated by
William Elsman
Released
March 31, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9781635578225

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade audiobook?

Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is the Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade?

Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade is narrated by William Elsman.

Is Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.