100 WVIA Way
Pittston, PA 18640

Phone: 570-826-6144
Fax: 570-655-1180

Copyright © 2025 WVIA, all rights reserved. WVIA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

How Big Business Broke Recycling (And Blamed You)

Season 1 Episode 5 | 9m 48s

Recycling has been the gold standard for fighting pollution for decades. But most plastics can’t be recycled and the companies that push for recycling are the ones often generating the most emissions and waste in the first place. Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant looks at how we have been told to “reduce, reuse, recycle” to shift the responsibility from companies to the individual.

Aired: 04/24/24
Extras
Let’s look at how making individuals fully responsible for emissions is counterproductive.
Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant explores how humans can think differently about the environment.
Latest Episodes
Can the economy change the environment for the better? Based on the book by Jenny Price.
Carbon offsets allow companies to stay green in one place and emit in another.
Take a look at how “greenwashed” products can be doing more harm than good.
Let’s look at how making individuals fully responsible for emissions is counterproductive.
Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant explores how humans can think differently about the environment.