Can No-Waste Culture Solve The Garbage Problem?




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Summary: Municipalities across New York and Connecticut are considering, or implementing, recycling goals to reduce pollution, such as bans on plastics from single-use bags to straws and takeout containers. But how hard will it be to break residents of their wasteful culture? We'll discuss the zero waste movement with guests: Martin Melosi, Ph.D., Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor of History, University of Houston Sherill Baldwin, environmental analyst, Connecticut Department of