A Load of Rubbish
Travel writer Ian Marchant explores the hidden infrastructure of rubbish
A Load of Rubbish - Episode 1
Ian Marchant goes out and about with Brent Council's recycling advisers, who are letting residents know that if they don't recycle they face a whopping fine.
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A Load of Rubbish - Episode 2
Ian Marchant continues his investigation of our rubbish with a visit to Britain's first plastic bottle recycling factory and meets the Australian visionary running it.
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A Load of Rubbish - Episode 3
Ian Marchant visits Ludlow, gourmet capital of England, to find out what happens to the food that gets thrown away: it gets swallowed up by the country's first anaerobic digester.
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A Load of Rubbish - Episode 4
Every night ghostly rubbish trains travel from Bristol and London to a landfill site deep in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Ian Marchant explores the flip side of consumerism.
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A Load of Rubbish - Episode 5
Ian Marchant visits Newport, home of the country's biggest fridge graveyard, and sees them reduced to piles of shrapnel.
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