Recycling efforts have come a long way since the bottle bills of the 1970s – a good thing, since the U.S. produces 400 MILLION tons of garbage per year. Individuals and organizations are taking on the challenge of recycling everything from computers to medicine bottles to handbags. The methods can be can be as simple as re-use, or as technologically sophisticated as chemically transforming one discarded material to create another.
The clip features Nancy Jo Craig, Executive Director of CACRC, a recycling initiative in Louisiana.
