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Do bottle bills work?
From: Possibly
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Today’s question comes from a listener here in Rhode Island. They’ve been following local efforts to pass a bottle bill- that’s where you get money...

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
How do I recycle damaged clothes or fabrics?
From: Possibly
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Today, we’re talking about textiles. What can you do with a ripped sweatshirt or pillowcase you accidentally bleached? We’re wondering – is it poss...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WRFA-LP, and Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 3
This Week in Water for February 18, 2024
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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The Lies of the Plastics Industry—Exposed. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KMXT, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 6
How do you recycle oyster shells?
From: Possibly
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One of the great parts about living in the Ocean State is getting to eat fresh shellfish. But what happens to the shells after we slurp down those ...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2
Sustainable Aluminum -- Groks Science Show 2024-01-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Saleem Ali discussed his book, Soil to Foil.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
A New Life for an Old Sari
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Benigna Chilla and Sandip with her artwork Birds and Flowers for Reba at Nature Morte Gallery, New Delhi , Credit: Bishan Samaddar
When artist Benigna Chilla got a frayed sari, more than six decades old, from Sandip's mother it set the stage for an artistic conversation that sp...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Water for June 25, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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The Potentially Everlasting Life of a Bottle

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 4
Nancy Alderman, MES, founder and president of Environment and Human Health, Inc.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that bottle bills have the potential to reduce the waste stream significantly, yet only nine states have beverage container deposit pr...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Leading in Circles: The Inevitable Circular Economy
From: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: As our current economy continues showing its weaknesses, the Circular Economy is gaining proponents -- but, Christoph Hinske points out, they're not seeing that system's weaknesses either.
Can you survive in the new economy? As supply chain disruptions proved, our current economic model is very linear. One kink in the chain can casca...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 54:43
Martin Bourque, Executive Director, the Ecology Center, Berkeley, CA https://ecologycenter.org/ discusses the myths of plastic recycling
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that most plastic packaging is not recyclable? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her inter...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
When did we start recycling?
From: Possibly
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We get a lot of questions about recycling, asking what to do with aluminum cans, glass, paper, or even plastic. All this has me wondering- when did...

Bought by KMXT and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 2
Meet the town in Japan that's committed to zero waste
From: Possibly
Caption: The Zero Waste Center in Kamikatsu
Do you ever go to recycle your takeout container or water bottle, see all those different categories, and get so confused you just end up throwing ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, RadioFreePalmer, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 3
This Week in Water for August 28, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Turning Wind Turbines into Gummy Bears. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KMXT, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KICI Iowa City, WYAP and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2022
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 6
Sarah King, M.S., Head of Greenpeace Canada's Oceans and Plastics campaign.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that the United Nations has declared plastic pollution a global crisis? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda...

Bought by KVSC and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow—What Happens to Waste Collected from Beauty Salons?
From: H2O Radio
Series: Journalism About Water
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One of latest trends in the beauty industry is to keep the large volume of waste that salons generate out of landfills. Looking good now means bein...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 1
Can you put your recycling and trash in one bin?
From: Possibly
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Imagine if you didn’t have a recycling bin anymore- You just put everything in the trash, but somehow the reusable stuff still got recycled? Some p...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
Can we build things with our plastic waste?
From: Possibly
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Today we’re taking a look at a fun way to be more aware of the amount of plastic we put into the world.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 02, 2022
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 1
Alexis Goldsmith Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that less than 10% of plastic is recycled? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Living Planet 03/12/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: we climb up into the Scottish Highlands in search of the country's last patches of snow. We also talk about how the world'...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Dec 03, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
What really happens when I recycle my plastic bags?
From: Possibly
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Have you ever seen one of those plastic bag collection boxes at the grocery store? Listener Phil Trevvett has, and he wants to know what happens to...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for August 4, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: CDC Issues Federal Eviction Moratorium Extension, But Millions of Renters ...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WKPW, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Curbing food waste and cultivating community
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Youth Climate Activism
Caption: freshly harvested sungold cherry tomatoes
Reducing food waste is a good thing for the environment, but it can also help address food insecurity. Producer Ella Nigro spoke to women within th...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 11:06
Recycling -- Groks Science Show 2021-06-09
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jennie Romer discussed her book, Can I Recycle This?

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
GN_3.44_Coffee Brick
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Leftover coffee grounds are saving lives as the main ingredient for an essential slow-burning fire source In sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Do you have to separate your recycling?
From: Possibly
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Today we're answering a question from listener Liz Lee. She lives in Warwick, RI, and wants to know whether she is supposed to separate her paper a...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1