What I discovered in New York City trash

Title:
What I discovered in New York City trash
Speaker:
Robin Nagle
Description:

New York City residents produce 11,000 tons of garbage every day. Every day! This astonishing statistic is just one of the reasons Robin Nagle started a research project with the city's Department of Sanitation. She walked the routes, operated mechanical brooms, even drove a garbage truck herself--all so she could answer a simple-sounding but complicated question: who cleans up after us?

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
07:52
Format: HTML5
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