On the Street with Jen – Interview

00:08 Jen: ...public of what you recycle do you think
00:10 actually goes to the recycling center
00:12 when you put it remove it I assume that
00:16 all of its recycling plants from well
00:18 spin but I don't know that
00:20 three-quarters of those three quarters
00:22 about the same alright yeah sixty to
00:25 eighty percent so would you be surprised
00:27 to know that about two thousand cities
00:29 actually pay to have recyclables sent to
00:31 landfills oh yeah hahaha other people
00:38 didn't know these we're dropping finale
00:40 that I love it our favorite friends in
00:42 California we just banned these before
00:44 that how many would you say you were
00:46 using a year for us personally how many
00:49 wins I i'm thinking like at least one a
00:55 day yes what about yeah 500 years we
01:01 have a winner I wish we had something to
01:03 give you that is pretty much smack on
01:05 the nose how many of these you think
01:07 Americans easier a couple million
01:14 yeah I'm average one a day I guess yeah
01:17 of it yeah well American views about 50
01:20 billion plastic water bottles every year
01:22 yeah surprise me so so how many of these
01:26 do you live here no enough a year a year
01:31 55 about one every two months so maybe
01:34 six schedule 15 a lot of laundry maybe
01:37 you know but I also live with my mother
01:39 and she's older she's the one dad hahaha
01:42 so maybe 12 a year most Americans use
01:46 about a hundred and fifty 12-ounce
01:48 laundry detergent or a year 150 yeah can
01:53 you guess how many pounds that is in the
01:56 landfill in the billions wow really five
02:00 billion pound all right do we need a
02:02 phone a friend I have no idea 2.2
02:05 billion pounds of plastic that's a lot
02:09 yeah we're closer good job high five so
02:12 jeopardy question are you ready for the
02:14 Jeopardy question all right how many
02:16 blue whales do you think sway the same
02:19 is that piece went use only in a flash
02:20 statement you and Bill fifty-fifty whale
02:25 what is 40 rails 40 well 5252 100 blue
02:31 whale earth actually 5200 and people who
02:36 blew air as i said it i mean there's a
02:40 ton of stuff yes and we can all do a
02:41 much better job of not using this kind
02:44 of thing we have to get some
02:45 manufacturers and not packages that way
02:47 I guess right would you be interested in
02:50 something
02:51 a refillable bottle to go and resell
02:54 your laundry detergent oh yeah yeah I
02:57 mean I've never seen that you know but
02:59 that is a great idea you so you're so
03:02 save some money in the process that's
03:04 something why would you think so yeah I
03:08 got great like when you can take the
03:11 container and refills of cat litter in
03:13 the next door oh yeah why not yes as you
03:17 can tell recycling you can be only with
03:19 a healthy environment it isn't even best
03:22 way by refilling bottles such as laundry
03:25 detergent and soap or mouthwash you can
03:28 take huge steps to reducing your
03:30 contribution or anvils next-generation
03:32 technologies exist help this endeavor
03:35 for retailers and manufacturers don't
03:38 believe that you're committed to helping
03:40 the planet let's prove them wrong and
03:43 get the word out by telling your
03:45 favorite brands that we want refills and
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