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.

Laura Sullivan

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 Recycle Utah

Chris Cherniak

Co-host of KPCW's This Green Earth.

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Nell Larson

Co-host of KPCW's This Green Earth.

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Claire Wiley

Claire is the producer of This Green Earth and a volunteer DJ on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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