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EXTRA!! Comes with a great slide show. Go here for code to embed on your station website:
Broadcast History
Aired locally on WHYY in July 2011
Transcript
Ambi 1: recyclables tossed into truck
Bright blue recycling bins neatly line 45th Street on Philadelphia's west side.
Ambi 2: tossing bins onto sidewalk
William Taylor, a recycling truck driver and a reverend, treats his routes kind of like a recycling ministry.
He does whatever he can to get people on board.
TAYLOR:. This is one of the better neighborhoods for recycling. They have more of a clue of what's supposed to be in the bucket. Some other neighborhoods, they don't have a clue.
It's hard to blame residents for being confused.
It used to be that people had to separate their recyclables: cans in one bucket, glass in another, and so on.
Then the city rolled out “single stream” recycling: just one big blue bin for all recyclables.
WILLIAMS: People just didn't know what was recyclable.
That's Carlton Williams, the deputy commissioner of the Streets Department.
WILLIAMS: Peop...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:Until very recently Philadelphians recycled a dismal five-percent of their trash.
But all that began to change four years ago when the city stepped up its mandatory recycling program and cracked down on violators.
Now residents are diverting nearly 20-percent of their trash – and that’s saving the city fees from expensive landfills.
In our continuing series on recycling in America, Kerry Grens, from WHYY, reports on how a little consequence can go a long way to changing behavior.
OUTRO:Check out our website for a slide show about mandatory recycling in Philadelphia.
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