Episode 66 - Trash Talk

The world is garbage and we're talking trash in this week's episode. With so many people consuming so many products all across the world there's bound to be some questions about all that refuse we're creating. What really happens when you throw something away? Is recycling as green as we think it is? Just how much garbage are we making anyway? All this answered and so much more as we find ourself waist deep in the world of waste.

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Chapters

• 00:31 Trash Opportunities
• 06:01 Trash Stories
• 17:10 Trash Stats
• 36:16 The Big Biz of Recycling
• 1:05:47 What Can We Do?

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What Listeners are Saying

Hey Dave & Daniel,

You asked what your listeners are doing locally for their environment. I only started listening recently, but I recently decided to stop being annoyed by people’s poor recycling habits and resolved to start doing something about it!

To that end, I’ve been removing non-recyclables from our single-stream recycling bins at my local university, where I teach. I’ve also started doing my own recycling at home, creating reusable shopping bags for people in my community, as well as using my position as an educator to teach students about proper recycling habits that are more important now than ever thanks to changes in the recycling market (because of course it’s a market, can’t do anything without someone making money, ugh).

Thanks for the great content and the good work y’all do!

Cheers,

Tim

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