How Big Business Broke Recycling (And Blamed You)

Recycling has been the gold standard for fighting pollution for decades. But most plastics can’t be recycled and the companies that push for recycling are the ones often generating the most emissions and waste in the first place. Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant looks at how we have been told to “reduce, reuse, recycle” to shift the responsibility from companies to the individual. Based on the book by Jenny Price. **** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: ***** Playlist for Earth Month from PBS: Subscribe to PBS Terra so you never miss an episode! And keep up with PBS Terra on: Facebook: Tiktok: @pbsterra Instagram: