The Garbage Barge That Helped Fuel a Movement | Full Report
The Garbage Barge That Helped Fuel a Movement | Full Report Retro Report on PBS
In the 1980s, rising public awareness about waste was fueled by a bizarre news story: the story of New York’s meandering garbage barge. Today, Americans recycle about 68 million tons of trash.
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Retro Report on PBS
Retro Report makes sense of the present by revealing the past. Join journalists Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani as they connect the present to the past through four distinct and varied stories, and New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz adds his signature wit.
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