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Aug 2023
43m 43s

Making garbage useful with Tom Szaky of ...

Guy Raz | Wondery
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Tom Szaky runs a recycling company, but he’d rather live in a world where recycling was obsolete... Today, his company recycles everything from shampoo bottles and makeup containers to snack wrappers and cigarette butts. And through their recent Loop initiative, TerraCycle works with consumer brands to develop packaging that is actually reusable -- an even m ... Show More
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