WastED - A Waste and Recycling Podcast by SWACO
SWACO's Greenprint Initiative and The Future of Waste, Recycling and Composting
May 22, 202629 minS0
<p>Seventy-six percent of what we bury in the landfill could have been reused, recycled, or composted and that single number changes how you look at “trash.” Hanna and Joe sit down with Jonathan McCracken, SWACO’s Director of Sustainability and Operations, to unpack Greenprint, our roadmap for building a stronger, more convenient, more practical waste reduction system.<br/><br/>We talk through the real-world problem first: landfill tonnage stays relatively flat while the region grows, and more than a million tons of material still head to the landfill each year. From there, we get specific about solutions, starting with the new...
