Recycling: Despite good intentions, we're still getting it wrong. Here's how to fix the problem
We want to recycle because it seems like an easy, low barrier to entry way of showing some love to the planet. Unfortunately, most of us are not doing as much good as we think we are when we recycle, because we're doing it incorrectly.
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Show Notes
We want to recycle because it seems like an easy, low barrier to entry way of showing some love to the planet. Unfortunately, most of us are not doing as much good as we think we are when we recycle, because we're doing it incorrectly. Today we asked Dr. Ronald Mersky, chair of the Civil Engineering Department at Widener University about the most common mistakes people make when they recycle, how much of the stuff we recycle actually ends up in the trash, and how to fix the biggest problems with how we recycle.
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