Trash Talk: Montana's Recycling Challenge
Trash Talk: Montana's Recycling Challenge
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Meet three Montanans who give their different perspectives on the recycling challenges.
About the Show
The rules and markets for effectively recycling our trash are changing. According to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Montanans produce on average 9.7 pounds of trash daily, but only two of those pounds are recycled. Meet three Montanans who give their different perspectives on the recycling challenges.
Belgrade business owner Dave Leverett, who studies the recycling commodity markets and runs a successful recycling business. An enthusiastic recycler from Eureka, Alice Elrod, who inspired her community to recycle more and reduce the waste they produce. Dusti Johnson, a rancher, scientist and DEQ employee who travels across Montana to set up recycling programs to ensure clean, efficient and community driven recycling programs across the state.
Belgrade business owner Dave Leverett, who studies the recycling commodity markets and runs a successful recycling business. An enthusiastic recycler from Eureka, Alice Elrod, who inspired her community to recycle more and reduce the waste they produce. Dusti Johnson, a rancher, scientist and DEQ employee who travels across Montana to set up recycling programs to ensure clean, efficient and community driven recycling programs across the state.
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Carrie Monohan has her hair brushed before the interview by one the the students who helped create signs showing how long it takes for certain materials to decompose.
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John Shevlin works in sub-zero temperatures in order for businesses and people to drop off their recyclables at the recycling center in Conrad, Montana.
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Dave Leverett sits at his desk, working on finding the best markets for the recycables that he has stocked. Dave is one of the owners of Four Corners recycling in Four Corners, MT.
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Tawnya Healy shows the film crew the Four Corners facilities and where the different materials such as cans are stored before they are compressed into bales.
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