Take a deep dive into recycling and what simple actions you can take in the New Year to help curb the use of plastics.
And get a look at the whole picture, including what is happening with our plastics here in Summit and Wasatch counties, as well as what is happening on a national scale.
This Green Earth | January 3, 2023
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![Garten Services, a recycling facility in Oregon, where paper and metals still have markets but most plastic is thrown away. All plastic must first go through a recycling facility like this one, but only a fraction of the plastic produced actually winds up getting recycled.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6818541/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1535+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F08%2F03%2Fimg_6962_custom-53de701bffc6e83c4273e386c22726fbf363bdcd.jpg)
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