Birds stuffing their stomachs with plastic. Turtles stuck in packages. We've all heard that rubbish is ruining nature. It seems to be somewhere far away, but garbage lives next to us. He gets close to the cities, and right now his smell can burn someone's throat. In water - particles of microplastics, in food - poisonous dioxins. People are unhappy - Russia is suffocating from garbage. However, everything is changing: the country is undergoing garbage reform. But what will be its results? Journalist Andrei Yakovlev learned everything about our garbage: he visited landfills and sorting stations, talked with environmentalists, officials and entrepreneurs. What happens after you throw unnecessary things in the tank? What threatens us with smoke and ash from incinerators? How does the state fight with activists? And why doesn't it benefit from recycling? "Waste Land" combines journalistic research and the inner journey of someone thinking about how we live with our garbage.