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You’ll never look at a credit card the same way again after reading the top of my latest story.

The article is about Edward Humes’  17th book, “Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World,” which is due out Tuesday. And the credit card anecdote is just one of many startling facts Humes uncovered while researching his book...