Reduce, reuse… re-think?
POLITICO Energy
English - October 20, 2020 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB - ★★★★ - 122 ratingsPolitics News Business News environment energy epa politico politico energy climate clean energy climate change house nuclear energy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Governments have spent decades telling the public of the importance of
recycling and separating their waste. And a major ally in these efforts
has been a little triangle made of curving arrows that is supposed to
symbolize that a material can be recycled. But ultimately, recycling has
failed to make a sizable impact on the plastic pollution across the
world. POLITICO’s Eline Schaart explains why.
Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Eline Schaart covers sustainability for POLITICO Europe.
Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Governments have spent decades telling the public of the importance of recycling and separating their waste. And a major ally in these efforts has been a little triangle made of curving arrows that is supposed to symbolize that a material can be recycled. But ultimately, recycling has failed to make a sizable impact on the plastic pollution across the world. POLITICO’s Eline Schaart explains why.
Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Eline Schaart covers sustainability for POLITICO Europe.
Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.