1 hr 27 min
Zero Waste - the future of recycling League of Women Voters Washtenaw County
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Much has been written in the last few years about the collapse of recycling worldwide. For decades after the first Earth Day in April 1970, American communities grew recycling programs from small drop-off sites where dedicated individuals could take their flattened, label-free cans and bottles, to municipally-operated and -funded weekly curbside pickups from single-stream recycling bins. By 2000, Americans were putting millions of tons of consumer waste into recycle bins annually, and watching it disappear, secure in the illusion of having done something good for the planet.
Much has been written in the last few years about the collapse of recycling worldwide. For decades after the first Earth Day in April 1970, American communities grew recycling programs from small drop-off sites where dedicated individuals could take their flattened, label-free cans and bottles, to municipally-operated and -funded weekly curbside pickups from single-stream recycling bins. By 2000, Americans were putting millions of tons of consumer waste into recycle bins annually, and watching it disappear, secure in the illusion of having done something good for the planet.
1 hr 27 min