What’s Really Going On With Recycling, Hunny? with Beth Porter

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Comedy, Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Beth Porter is Green America’s Climate & Recycling Director, as well as the author of "Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine: Sorting Out the Recycling System." She joins Jonathan to talk all things recycling: what is is, how it works, whether plastic straws are as dangerous we’ve been told, how oil prices affect recycled plastic demands, and more. Beth is on Twitter and Instagram @bethrecycles, and at www.bethrecycles.com. Her book "Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine: Sorting Out the Recycling System" is available here. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com. Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The end of the video is getting curious.
0:04.2	Bonjour, getting curious.
0:07.0	I'm Jonathan Venes and every week I sit down for a 30 minute conversation with a brilliant
0:11.4	expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.
0:14.5	This week I'm curious about what is recycling and how does it work.
0:17.6	That's why I spoke with Beth Porter.
0:21.3	Welcome to getting curious.
0:22.3	This is Jonathan Venes.
0:23.3	I'm really excited for this episode because let me tell you something.
0:26.2	You guys, I've been looking for an expert in this field for years, like years.
0:31.4	There's actually time when I was like cold emailing people that in hindsight actually
0:34.6	weren't experts.
0:35.6	Before I met the person who helps me book getting curious.
0:38.1	This is so much better than anything that I could have ever done.
0:40.0	I'm actually perfectly happy that the cards fell where they did.
0:43.3	Without further ado, welcome to getting curious, Beth Porter with a green America.
0:48.5	She is the...
0:50.0	Climate and recycling director.
0:51.7	I love that director, honey.
0:53.3	After the Gustavo, do it a male of recycling at Green America.
0:57.0	He's the conductor of the LA Phil Harmonica or something, so that's fierce.
1:00.3	Good company.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sony Music, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Sony Music and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.