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The Plant Industry's Dark Secret: Black Plastic

That black plastic plant pot you threw in the recycling bin likely ended up in a landfill. Here’s why.
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What Do Street Vending, Brunch, and House Plants Have in Common?

Street vending, brunch, and house plants have more in common than you may think. In this episode of “Connect the Dots,” Fernando Hurtado ends up on #PlantTok, meets a street vendor selling plants, and learns about why some black plastic can’t be recycled.
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Recycling Your Taco Bell Sauce Packets and More Ways to Make Fast Food Sustainable

A company called TerraCycle has partnered with Taco Bell on a sauce packet recycling program, but that's just one step that's needed to make fast food more sustainable
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Is It Possible to Make Fast Food Sustainable?

Your fast food burger and fries comes with a supersized environmental price tag. From the methane emissions created by the beef industry to the sauce packets that get dumped into landfills, there are a number of reasons why fast food is hard on the planet. Here are some ways you can make a difference — starting by changing what you order.
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How Do You Prevent Wine Bottles from Ending up in Landfills? Turn Them into Sand

After retiring from a career buying wine for a grocery store chain in Washington state, Chris Lueck realized there wasn’t a way to recycle glass wine bottles in rural parts of his state. Because of that, many of those bottles were ending up in landfills. Lueck created Ground2Ground, a company that pulverizes used bottles and turns them into sand that...
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recycling

How To Properly Recycle Cell Phones, Computers and Other E-Waste

Say you just bought a new computer — hooray! But before you can celebrate, you have to get rid of the old one, and whatever you do, don’t throw it in the trash. Here’s a guide for how to properly recycle computers and other e-waste.
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How Formerly Incarcerated People Are Tackling LA's E-Waste Problem

A social enterprise in Los Angeles is trying to combat two problems with its recycling center: low recycling rates for electronic waste and high unemployment rates for formerly incarcerated individuals and those previously involved in gangs.
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Trash Cans Are Hard to Find in Tokyo. Here's Why

If you spend any time in Tokyo, you are likely to find yourself hunting for something that’s easily found on almost every street corner in a U.S. city — a trash can. As NBCLX storyteller Fernando Hurtado discovered, there are several very good reasons why garbage cans remain scarce in Japan — from terrorism threats to recycling challenges.
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Can I Recycle This? Video Games, Consoles and Controllers

You want to be a responsible, eco-friendly gamer. So what do you do when you’re ready to get rid of an old game, console or controller? NBCLX’s Fernando Hurtado tells you what you can recycle and what is destined for the landfill.
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Skip the Valentine's Day Flowers to Show Some Love to the Planet

From shipping to storage, the environmental cost of that Valentine’s Day bouquet of flowers is steeper than you think. Here is everything you need to know to have an eco-friendly Valentine’s Day and show a little love to Planet Earth.
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