The average American produces over 1,600 pounds of waste every year, more than any other

country in the world, and we are only recycling about 35% of that waste less than any other

country.

Now, we all agree that recycling is the right thing to do.

Have you ever wondered, though, what happens to all those things that are recycled?

Do you know where it's going?

Well, let me just tell you that it ends up in the landfills not recycled.

I'm going to dive into the myths of recycling today and how we can, instead, reduce our waste

entirely, putting down on the need for recycling altogether.

This next fatal convenience is the delusion of recycling.

Welcome to fatal conveniences where we address the things we may be doing in our daily lives

that are actually harming us, and in some cases, slowly killing us.

Tap water, teflon, caffeine, blue light, food additives, you name it, we dive into it.

It's a critical look at everyday products that really are affecting us and our bodies

and the environment and how we can avoid them and find a solution.

So let's dive in.

Everybody, welcome to the show.

This is Darren O'Lean. This is another installment of fatal conveniences.

This one's a big one. It's kind of a heavy one, but it's one we need to know about

because we're living in delusion.

Do you know why I make these? I have a lot of reasons.

I've heard a lot of reasons, but here is the thing.

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