Going To WasteA Here & Now series about how we get rid of waste — and how that's changing.Recyclers Experiment With Technology To Find Second Life For Plastic BagsPlastic bags can't go in normal recycling bins because recyclers can't process them with other plastics.Resume04:49Jun 6, 2019Indianapolis Recycles Just 4% Of Its Garbage Each YearIt's the largest city in the country without a universal curbside recycling program, according to The Indianapolis Star.Resume10:21May 17, 2019As Offices Go Green, Some See Science Labs As 'Last Frontier' For Workplace SustainabilityHost Robin Young talks with STAT reporter Megan Thielking about how scientists are struggling to tackle their sustainability problem.Resume05:51May 15, 2019Cooled By Controversy In The U.S., Trash Incinerators Are Firing Up In EuropeBurning trash has been linked to health problems in the U.S. But cleaner, high-tech versions are coming online in Europe — including this one in Denmark.Resume06:43May 3, 2019'People's Lives Are Being Put At Risk': Environmentalists Take On Baltimore's Trash IncineratorActivists like Destiny Watford have successfully made their case to the City Council that a large trash incinerator is polluting the air and making residents in low-income neighborhoods sick.Resume09:33Apr 26, 2019AdvertisementBritish Synchronized Swimming Duo Perform Routine In Pool Of Plastic WasteKate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe talk about their efforts to bring attention to plastic pollution.Resume09:50Apr 25, 2019Baltimore's Burning Question: What To Do With Its Trash IncineratorA fire burning inside the city's waste incinerator turns a mountain of garbage into a manageable pile of ash, and creates electricity as a byproduct. But that fire could be...Resume10:40Apr 25, 2019Nonprofit Teams Up With Indiana School Districts To Tackle Food WasteAbout 40 percent of food goes to waste in the U.S. each year.Resume05:42Apr 24, 2019New Report Reveals Plastic Waste Crisis In Southeast AsiaSome countries in Southeast Asia are struggling to manage higher volumes of plastic waste as a result of China's ban on imports of mixed recyclable plastics last year.Resume05:24Apr 23, 2019Meet Mr. Trash Wheel: Baltimore Harbor's Googly Eyed Garbage GobblerMaryland lawmakers recently became the first in the U.S. to approve a statewide ban on Styrofoam food containers — and a local Baltimore celebrity may have had something to do...Resume09:47Apr 16, 2019
Recyclers Experiment With Technology To Find Second Life For Plastic BagsPlastic bags can't go in normal recycling bins because recyclers can't process them with other plastics.Resume04:49Jun 6, 2019
Indianapolis Recycles Just 4% Of Its Garbage Each YearIt's the largest city in the country without a universal curbside recycling program, according to The Indianapolis Star.Resume10:21May 17, 2019
As Offices Go Green, Some See Science Labs As 'Last Frontier' For Workplace SustainabilityHost Robin Young talks with STAT reporter Megan Thielking about how scientists are struggling to tackle their sustainability problem.Resume05:51May 15, 2019
Cooled By Controversy In The U.S., Trash Incinerators Are Firing Up In EuropeBurning trash has been linked to health problems in the U.S. But cleaner, high-tech versions are coming online in Europe — including this one in Denmark.Resume06:43May 3, 2019
'People's Lives Are Being Put At Risk': Environmentalists Take On Baltimore's Trash IncineratorActivists like Destiny Watford have successfully made their case to the City Council that a large trash incinerator is polluting the air and making residents in low-income neighborhoods sick.Resume09:33Apr 26, 2019
British Synchronized Swimming Duo Perform Routine In Pool Of Plastic WasteKate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe talk about their efforts to bring attention to plastic pollution.Resume09:50Apr 25, 2019
Baltimore's Burning Question: What To Do With Its Trash IncineratorA fire burning inside the city's waste incinerator turns a mountain of garbage into a manageable pile of ash, and creates electricity as a byproduct. But that fire could be...Resume10:40Apr 25, 2019
Nonprofit Teams Up With Indiana School Districts To Tackle Food WasteAbout 40 percent of food goes to waste in the U.S. each year.Resume05:42Apr 24, 2019
New Report Reveals Plastic Waste Crisis In Southeast AsiaSome countries in Southeast Asia are struggling to manage higher volumes of plastic waste as a result of China's ban on imports of mixed recyclable plastics last year.Resume05:24Apr 23, 2019
Meet Mr. Trash Wheel: Baltimore Harbor's Googly Eyed Garbage GobblerMaryland lawmakers recently became the first in the U.S. to approve a statewide ban on Styrofoam food containers — and a local Baltimore celebrity may have had something to do...Resume09:47Apr 16, 2019
