Recycling works, but it’s not magic. As America continues to lead the world in per capita waste production, it’s becoming more and more clear that everybody — from manufacturers to consumers — “over-believes” in recycling.
This is a story about responsibility and what happens when everyone keeps trying to pass it off to the next person — and what happens, when finally, there is no next person.
This video is based in part on Throughline‘s podcast episode “The Litter Myth.”
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