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Spend a morning with Salt Lake’s lone neighborhood recycling enforcer, Mitch Davis, as he combats contamination. Currently the city’s biggest challenge with mixed-waste curbside recycling is preventing the spread of contamination from residents putting food, bathroom waste, diapers, and other non-recyclable materials into their recycling bins. The city has also made illustrated and bilingual pamphlets for its quickly growing non-English speaking population.
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Spend a morning with Salt Lake’s lone neighborhood recycling enforcer, Mitch Davis, as he combats contamination. Currently the city’s biggest challenge with mixed-waste curbside recycling is preventing the spread of contamination from residents putting food, bathroom waste, diapers, and other non-recyclable materials into their recycling bins. The city has also made illustrated and bilingual pamphlets for its quickly growing non-English speaking population.
Broadcast History
Aired on 8/13/09, KUER 90.1 Utah state-wide NPR affiliate.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:Salt Lake City, UT - Polls show the vast majority of Utahns in both rural and urban areas want to recycle, but don't know how. Here we look at how one community's efforts to educate the public have become important. Ross Chambless reports.
OUTRO:
