Richard Owen Collins

Author of fiction & nonfiction

The Cost of Putting Things Right

An investigative story
Available from Welford Press

Throughout the 20th century, Monsanto produced large quantities of PCB, a harmful, indestructible chemical compound. When PCBs were banned, Monsanto had a disposal problem.
Most of the 18 known PCB dump sites in the UK are in Wales, and The Ty Llwydd quarry in the Sirhowy Valley is just one of them.In The Cost of Putting Things Right, photographer Matthew Broadhead and writer Richard Owen Collins embark on a collaborative journey into the Sirhowy Valley, to investigate the pollution and its impact.They visit, meet with locals, and dig through archives to produce a compelling account of a baffling situation.
This book is the sum of their experience.