Last week, the city of Madison announced that it will no longer be recycling plastic bags now that it doesn’t have a buyer for them. This got us thinking: What happens to recycled plastic anyway? Where does it go? It turns out the answer is more complicated than we’d imagined. To help us sort it […]
Living in a Plastic World
Plastic is all around us: our electronics, our furniture, our clothes, our shoes—and even our food. It’s hard to imagine a world without plastic. So what do we do with all of it? On today’s show, we take a closer look at plastic through the lens of culture, health, and the environment with scholar and […]
Just One Word… Plastics
We’ve got one word for you… PLASTICS. The world is made up of them. So how are they harmful to the globe’s oceans and landfills, and how do they square with our environmental future? Monday host Patty Peltekos speaks with Cathy Middlecamp, Professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Chemistry Department affiliate, and Interim […]
