Trash follows a winding path after you toss it down the compactor or drop on the street (gasp!). Ideally it ends up in a recycling center of landfill. Unfortunately, it often ends up in our waterways and on our highways. Kojo explores the science and politics of litter, and learns about a local "Trash Summit".
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2007-06-12/garbage-litter-and-trash
Garbage, Litter and Trash
Listen Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2007 at 1:06 p.m. in Environment, Health, SocietyGuest host: Matthew Felling
Guests
Tracy Bowen
Executive Director of the Alice Ferguson Foundation
Jeff Smithberger
Director, Division of Solid Waste Collection and Recycling, Fairfax County, Virginia
Steven Stein
Litter Analyst, R. W. Beck
Jack Macy
Commercial Recycling Coordinator, Department of the Environment, City of San Francisco
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