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Trash Is Ruining Recycling

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff • TEDxSantaBarbara

Incineration. Landfill. Recycling. Why are we using 20th-century methods to manage our 21st-century trash — and what can we do to solve our plastic pollution problem? (Hint: It will take more than cutting out straws.)

Incineration. Landfill. Recycling. Why are we using 20th-century methods to manage our 21st-century trash — and what can we do to solve our plastic pollution problem? (Hint: It will take more than cutting out straws.)

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxSantaBarbara, an independent event.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxSantaBarbara, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.