How do global politics, economics and policy influence what happens to our trash?
Everyday, the average American creates 5 pounds of trash. Where does all that garbage go? How do countries succeed or fail in waste management? Who takes garbage when a community needs to dispose of their trash?
Reducing, reusing and recycling is not a simple process and each component is very different.
Our guests, Dr. Marian Chertow from Yale University and Jes Sdao who is the recycling coordinator for Spartanburg, SC, share stories of garbage – what it is, how it’s handled, and how it changes the world.
Conservation Corner
Industrial Ecology