680: Recycling | Skeptical Sunday
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Between climate change, global pollution, and a spiraling amount of waste created every single day, we all want to find ways -- even small ways -- to help. And for some people, the easiest way is to recycle. You have a house, plenty of room to separate your garbage, and your city provides different color bins so you don’t get confused between pizza and the box it comes in. And everything works out, right? Well, of course not! Here, we'll weigh the pros and cons of recycling and make sure you're not doing it all wrong.
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On This Week's Skeptical Sunday, We Discuss:- Does recycling really help save the planet? Only if you do it the right way (which we'll discuss).
- What would be the unintended consequences of banning plastics entirely?
- Why some materials that could be recycled aren't.
- What are the massive benefits of recycling metals?
- How many resources are saved when we recycle paper?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the show, I'm Jordan Harbinger. |
| 0:05.9 | And this is Skeptical Sunday, a special edition of the Jordan Harbinger Show where fact checker |
| 0:10.1 | and comedian David C. Smolley and I break down a topic that you may never have thought |
| 0:14.0 | about. |
| 0:15.0 | We open things up and debunk common misconceptions, topics such as why the Olympics are kind |
| 0:19.5 | of a sham, why expiration dates are nonsense, why tipping makes no sense, chem trails and |
| 0:24.5 | a whole lot more. |
| 0:25.8 | Normally on the Jordan Harbinger Show we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's |
| 0:29.6 | most fascinating people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that you can use to |
| 0:34.0 | impact your own life and those around you. |
| 0:36.6 | We have long form interviews and conversations with a variety of amazing folks from spies |
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| 1:09.5 | Special announcement by the way, I'm going to be doing a live show, like live in person, |
| 1:13.8 | in real life, I'm going to be interviewing Ryan Holiday, author Ryan Holiday. |
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