Is It Time to Dump Recycling? | 17
Call Me Curious
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4.4 • 555 Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Are you a wish-cycler? Most people do their part to protect the environment by dumping basically everything that isn't food into their blue recycle bin. But is that what we’re really supposed to do? And are we making a difference? Nikki and Mr. Malone talk trash with Earth911’s Mitch Ratcliffe on how it all works, and the latest waste management innovations. Also joining the discussion is long-time recycling critic, journalist John Tierney. This episode is hot garbage — in a good way, of course!
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| 0:00.0 | From Wondry, I'm Nikki Boyer, and this is Call Me Curious, where every week I'll get to the bottom of those funny, strange, puzzling, or just got-a-no questions you have. |
| 0:16.9 | And we'll tell you the best we can what the answer is. |
| 0:21.0 | Because I've got 21 questions. |
| 0:23.6 | I've been 21 guessing you could teach me a lesson. |
| 0:28.3 | Call me curious. |
| 0:32.2 | Call me curious. |
| 0:34.2 | Call me curious. |
| 0:36.2 | So tell the truth. I need to know that it's real. |
| 0:46.7 | Know that it's real. |
| 0:47.9 | So tell the truth. |
| 0:50.8 | Okay, so I've got a question. |
| 0:53.8 | What is the best planet in our solar system? |
| 0:57.2 | Now it's not that gold digger Saturn with all its rings, or that Joker Uranus. |
| 1:02.1 | I'm talking about the best planet to live on. |
| 1:05.6 | Well, then give me Earth all day long, people. |
| 1:07.9 | Yeah, come on. |
| 1:08.9 | Earth has everything. |
| 1:10.7 | Beaches, museums, Bon Jovi, and the list goes on |
| 1:14.5 | and on. So I try to do everything that I can to take care of my favorite planet. And part of that is |
| 1:21.2 | being an avid and diligent recycler. But the other day, I was actually carefully rinsing out and sorting my various |
| 1:28.9 | disposables for curbside pickup, and I kind of got to wondering, where does all this stuff go? |
| 1:34.6 | Like, for real. Like, and is all this rinsing and sorting really making a difference for the |
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