Our guest this week is Kreigh Hampel, recycling coordinator for the city of Burbank, a city of over 104,000 people within Los Angeles County. The title of this podcast, “The Tailpipe of Consumption” is from Kreigh’s own words. I think, after listening to the show, you’ll appreciate why Kreigh, who has to deal with the damaging waste of our consumer lifestyle, is so concerned about our consumption and about the changes we all need to make to our lifestyles.

During the show we discuss:

• The dangerous stuff people put in the recycling
• Producer responsibility
• How recycling enables waste
• Master Recycler Program
• Reduce, reuse, repair
• How plastics are recycled
• What the plastic number codes mean
• The problem with #7 plastics
• What happens to recycled plastics
• What happens to paper
• Styrofoam

Links:

Burbank Recycle Center website

Burbank Recycle Center on Facebook

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