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Something You Should Know

Where Your Trash and Recycling Really Goes & A Fun and Effective Approach to Housework

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Social Sciences, Science, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

More and more people are opting to remove their shoes before they come into the house and asking guests to do it as well. Is it really necessary? Does it do any good? This episode begins with a look at what your shoes actually track into your home and whether or not it is dangerous. https://www.sharp.com/health-news/should-shoes-be-removed-at-home When you throw something into the trash or the recycle bin, you likely feel confident that it goes where it is supposed to go. But does it? Where exactly does it go? Do the recyclables really get recycled? Is household trash really the problem or is there something else taking up most of the space in landfills? That is what Oliver Franklin-Wallis is here to discuss. He is an award-winning journalist and currently the features editor of British GQ. He is author of the book Wasteland: The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, and Why It Matters (https://amzn.to/44S7Jpf). Whatever systems or techniques you use to keep your house clean are probably the ones you learned from your parents. Maybe it is time to question some of those techniques. Perhaps there is a better, more efficient – even fun way to clean. There is also a better way to think about housework, so it doesn’t leave you feeling drained and feeling as if it never ends and is never good enough. Here to reveal a whole new approach to housework is KC Davis. She is a therapist and author of the book How to Keep House While Drowning (https://amzn.to/3OjfwoN). Once you hear her take on housework, it may just change your life. Not all honey you buy at the store is created equal. In many store-bought honey jars, some very important things are missing. Listen as I explain what they are and why this is important. https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/tests-show-most-store-honey-isnt-honey/ PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Sometimes in life we’re faced with tough choices, and the path forward isn’t always clear. If you’re thinking of starting therapy, give BetterHelp a try. It’s entirely online, so it’s convenient, flexible, and suited to your schedule. Just fill out a brief questionnaire to get matched with a licensed therapist, and switch therapists any time for no additional charge. Let therapy be your map, with BetterHelp Visit https://BetterHelp.com/SOMETHING today to get 10% off your first month! Your business was humming, but now you're falling behind. Teams buried in manual work. NetSuite gives you the POWER of having all of your information in one place to make better decisions and now has an UNPRECEDENTED offer to make that possible! Right now, download NetSuite’s popular KPI Checklist, designed to give you consistently excellent performance - absolutely free, at https://NetSuite.com/SYSK ! Discover Credit Cards do something pretty awesome. At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you’ve earned! See terms and check it out for yourself at https://Discover.com/match U.S. Cellular knows how important your kid’s relationship with technology is, so they’ve made it their mission to help them establish good digital habits early on! That’s why they’ve partnered with Screen Sanity, a non-profit dedicated to helping kids navigate the digital landscape. For a smarter start to the school year, U.S. Cellular is offering a free basic phone on new eligible lines, providing an alternative to a smartphone for children. Visit https://USCellular.com/BuiltForUS ! We really like the 99% Invisible podcast! Check it out at https://99percentinvisible.org OR search for it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today, on something you should know, is taking your shoes off before you come into the

0:08.0

house really a good idea, then trash and recycling.

0:12.3

There is so much many of us don't really understand.

0:16.4

The messaging on recycling is dreadful and a lot of the time that's intentional.

0:21.3

There are a lot of people out there who actually don't want us to know what happens to our

0:25.7

recycling because they're worried that if we know that a lot of this material isn't going

0:29.5

to get recycled, it will stop bothering.

0:32.1

Also, is the honey that you buy at the store really honey and some radical advice to

0:38.5

make keeping your house clean so much easier?

0:42.2

Get yourself a full-size trash can, put it in every room.

0:45.0

No more of these dinky little bathroom trashes that fill up in half a day and then you

0:49.6

avoid it for a week taking out.

0:51.5

Let's get some big trash cans.

0:53.4

Let's put them in every room, put a laundry basket in every room.

0:57.0

Call this today on something you should know.

1:02.0

I'm one of those people who's fascinated by design.

1:05.5

Like I look at things and think, well why was it designed this way?

1:09.6

Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in those places where we've

1:15.0

stopped noticing it.

1:16.7

It's why I like the podcast 99% invisible.

1:20.8

It's a weekly exploration of the process and power of design and architecture.

1:26.8

The host Roman Mars asks questions like why do we use the bleep sound to cover up inappropriate

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