WEBVTT 00:03.737 --> 00:05.872 >>> PRESENTATION OF "SCIENCE TREK" ON IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION 00:05.872 --> 00:10.276 IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE LAURA 00:10.276 --> 00:12.912 MOORE CUNNINGHAM FOUNDATION, COMMITTED TO FULFILLING THE 00:12.912 --> 00:18.251 MOORE FAMILY LEGACY OF BUILDING THE GREAT STATE OF IDAHO. 00:18.251 --> 00:21.354 >> WHEN YOU TOSS SOMETHING INTO THE TRASH, SCIENCE TAKES OVER. 00:21.354 --> 00:25.025 SCIENTISTS ARE FINDING WAYS TO DISPOSE OF TRASH AND PROTECT THE 00:25.025 --> 00:25.525 ENVIRONMENT. 00:25.525 --> 00:28.194 WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT GARBAGE. 00:28.194 --> 00:33.933 STAY TUNED, "SCIENCE TREK" IS NEXT. 00:35.735 --> 00:39.406 * 00:41.107 --> 00:43.777 >>> HI, I'M JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, AND WELCOME TO "SCIENCE TREK." 00:43.777 --> 00:46.413 AND WELCOME TO THE ADA COUNTY LANDFILL. 00:46.413 --> 00:48.648 WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT GARBAGE. 00:48.648 --> 00:55.655 BUT BEFORE WE DO, LET'S LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE. 00:55.655 --> 00:58.625 >> ALL RIGHT, MOM, I'LL DO IT, I CAN'T BELIEVE I ALWAYS HAVE TO 00:58.625 --> 01:00.226 TAKE OUT OF TRASH. 01:00.226 --> 01:05.065 >> THE PROBLEM OF DEALING WITH GARBAGE ISN'T NEW, PEOPLE HAVE 01:05.065 --> 01:08.702 ALWAYS STRUGGLED WITH TAKING OUT THE TRASH. 01:08.702 --> 01:11.071 >> HAY WHAT, ARE YOU DOING DOWN IN THERE. 01:11.071 --> 01:14.074 >> WANT TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR GARBAGE GOES? 01:14.074 --> 01:14.974 >> OKAY. 01:14.974 --> 01:17.711 >> AMERICANS CREATE MORE GARBAGE PER CAPITA THAN ANY OTHER 01:17.711 --> 01:19.379 COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. 01:19.379 --> 01:22.716 4.4 POUNDS FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD EVERY DAY. 01:22.716 --> 01:26.353 THAT'S A LOT OF GARBAGE AND ALL THAT TRASH NEEDS TO GO 01:26.353 --> 01:27.287 SOMEWHERE. 01:27.287 --> 01:31.358 TRUCKS LIKE THIS COLLECT TRASH FROM PEOPLE'S HOMES AND 01:31.358 --> 01:31.991 BUSINESSES. 01:31.991 --> 01:34.561 THIS IS CALLED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE. 01:34.561 --> 01:38.531 MOST GARBAGE IN THIS COMMUNITY GOES TO A DUMP ALSO KNOWN AS A 01:38.531 --> 01:39.466 SANITARY LANDFILL. 01:39.466 --> 01:41.568 HERE THE GARBAGE IS BURIED. 01:41.568 --> 01:45.105 SANITARY LANDFILLS ARE USUALLY FAR FROM PEOPLE, LIVESTOCK AND 01:45.105 --> 01:48.274 WATER, BECAUSE GARBAGE CAN CARRY DISEASE. 01:48.274 --> 01:50.744 LANDFILLS HAVE LOTS OF RULES THAT HELP PROTECT THE 01:50.744 --> 01:53.213 ENVIRONMENT AND KEEP ALL OF US SAFE. 01:53.213 --> 01:56.116 TODAY, MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICA'S GARBAGE ENDS UP IN 01:56.116 --> 01:57.617 LANDFILLS LIKE THIS ONE. 01:57.617 --> 01:59.519 BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM. 01:59.519 --> 02:00.687 >> WHAT? 02:00.687 --> 02:02.989 >> WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF ROOM. 02:02.989 --> 02:08.628 BY 2050 SOME ESTIMATE HUMANS WILL PRODUCE 29.4 BILLION TONS 02:08.628 --> 02:09.996 OF TRASH. 02:09.996 --> 02:11.798 WE CAN'T BURY IT ALL. 02:11.798 --> 02:16.636 SOME GARBAGE IS TAKEN TO A WASTE AND ENERGY PLANT, A WASTE TO 02:16.636 --> 02:19.506 ENERGY PLANT BURNS THE GARBAGE TO CREATE ENERGY. 02:19.506 --> 02:23.510 WASTE TO ENERGY PLANTS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE LATE 1800s. 02:23.510 --> 02:28.014 TODAY THE UNITED STATES BURN BUSY 17% OF ITS SOLID WASTE. 02:28.014 --> 02:32.018 BUT BURNING GARBAGE CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND 02:32.018 --> 02:33.987 WE HAVE SO MUCH TRASH WE CAN'T BURN IT ALL. 02:33.987 --> 02:36.556 WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH ALL OUR GARBAGE. 02:36.556 --> 02:38.725 IT'S A REAL PROBLEM. 02:38.725 --> 02:44.464 BUT YOU CAN HELP STARTING IN YOUR OWN HOME. 02:44.464 --> 02:45.098 >> WHOA! 02:45.098 --> 02:45.932 THAT WAS WILD. 02:45.932 --> 02:48.635 NOW I SEE THAT GARBAGE IS A BIG PROBLEM. 02:48.635 --> 02:51.271 WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? 02:51.271 --> 02:54.841 >> WELL, WE ALL CUT DOWN ON HOW MUCH TRASH WE MAKE. 02:54.841 --> 02:58.878 START BY REDUCING THE AM OF WASTE WE PRODUCE IN THE FIRST 02:58.878 --> 03:00.847 PLACE, THIS IS CALL SOURCE REDUCTION. 03:00.847 --> 03:02.582 THE SECOND WAY TO HELP IS TO REUSE. 03:02.582 --> 03:07.087 FOR EXAMPLE, SOME PLACES EXCHANGE FILLED MILK BOTTLES FOR 03:07.087 --> 03:12.359 EMPTY ONES, THEN THE DAIRY CAN CLEAN AND REUSE THE GLASS 03:12.359 --> 03:16.162 BOTTLED CUTTING DOWN ON WASTE. 03:16.162 --> 03:18.598 THIS MEANS LESS GARBAGE HAS TO GO TO THE LANDFILL. 03:18.598 --> 03:22.369 THE THIRD WAY ALL OF US CAN HELP SOLVENT WORLD'S GARBAGE PROBLEM 03:22.369 --> 03:23.636 IS TO RECYCLE. 03:23.636 --> 03:26.539 RECYCLING MEANS TO USE SOMETHING AGAIN. 03:26.539 --> 03:30.510 OLD METAL CANS ARE USED TO MAKE NEW CANS OR OTHER ITEMS THAT 03:30.510 --> 03:31.611 NEED METAL. 03:31.611 --> 03:34.914 OLD NEWSPAPERS ARE RECYCLED TO MAKE NEW NEWSPAPERS. 03:34.914 --> 03:39.652 LOTS OF PLACES GIVE FAMILIES SPECIAL CONTAINERS TO SORT ITEMS 03:39.652 --> 03:42.288 SUCH AS LUMINOUS, PLASTIC AND PAPER. 03:42.288 --> 03:45.658 THESE ITEMS ARE SOMETIMES SENT OFF TO BE RECYCLED. 03:45.658 --> 03:49.095 OTHER PLACES HAVE COMMON CONTAINERS WHERE PEOPLE CAN 03:49.095 --> 03:52.032 LEAVE THINGS TO BE PICKED UP AND RECYCLED. 03:52.032 --> 03:54.534 IT'LL TAKE ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP THE 03:54.534 --> 03:54.834 ENVIRONMENT. 03:54.834 --> 03:57.771 YOU CAN HELP BY REMEMBERING YOUR THREE Rs. 03:57.771 --> 03:59.973 REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE. 03:59.973 --> 04:03.777 BY DOING THAT, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD'S WASTE 04:03.777 --> 04:05.512 PROBLEM. 04:05.512 --> 04:07.047 >> REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE. 04:07.047 --> 04:08.214 THAT'S EASY. 04:08.214 --> 04:11.418 HEY, MOM, HAVE YOU HEARD OF COMPOSTING? 04:11.418 --> 04:14.354 IT'S A GREAT WAY TO REDUCE OUR AMOUNT OF GARBAGE. 04:14.354 --> 04:17.323 >> AND JOINING ME TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT GARBAGE, ARE 04:17.323 --> 04:21.327 MEGAN DURRELL, TREASURE RECYCLING COORDINATOR FOR THE 04:21.327 --> 04:25.799 STIFF BOYCE SEE, AND TED HUTCHINSON, DEPARTMENT SOLID 04:25.799 --> 04:28.101 WASTE DIRECTOR FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. 04:28.101 --> 04:31.971 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US. 04:31.971 --> 04:33.873 >> IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 04:33.873 --> 04:36.076 >> TED, CAN YOU TELL US WHERE WE ARE? 04:36.076 --> 04:38.011 >> WE ARE AT THE ADA COUNTY LANDFILL. 04:38.011 --> 04:42.082 WE'RE SITTING ON TOP OF A PILE OF GARBAGE ABOUT 85 FEET THICK 04:42.082 --> 04:44.918 IN THE NORTH RA VIVE LANDFILL. 04:44.918 --> 04:46.453 >> THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US. 04:46.453 --> 04:50.390 OKAY, LET'S GO TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 04:50.390 --> 04:54.928 >> HI, MY NAME IS INDIGO, I GO TO CHARTER SCHOOL. 04:54.928 --> 04:59.332 MY QUESTION IS HOW DOES GARBAGE AFFECT EARTH'S ECOSYSTEM? 04:59.332 --> 05:03.770 >> I THINK THE PROPER MANAGEMENT OF GARBAGE IS THE KEY TO NOT 05:03.770 --> 05:08.475 HAVING AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE ECOSYSTEM. 05:08.475 --> 05:12.512 GARBAGE CAN AS IT DECOMPOSES, OR THE MATERIALS THAT ARE ACTUALLY 05:12.512 --> 05:15.081 IN THE GARBAGE CAN CAUSE POLLUTION. 05:15.081 --> 05:18.852 NOT ONLY SOILS BUT WATER AND ALSO OUR AIR. 05:18.852 --> 05:24.991 THERE'S ALSO A POSSIBILITY OF DISEASES THAT ARE INSIDE OF 05:24.991 --> 05:29.062 GARBAGE, THAT CAN BE CARRIED BY BIRDS OR OTHER BUGS, FLIES, THAT 05:29.062 --> 05:34.167 SORT OF THING THAT, CAN ALSO ADVERSELY IMPACT HUMANS. 05:34.167 --> 05:37.637 >> GARBAGE IS THE END RESULT OF OUR PURCHASING PRACTICES. 05:37.637 --> 05:42.742 AND SO WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE WASTE BEFORE WE CALL IT GARBAGE. 05:42.742 --> 05:46.012 WE NEED TO CONSIDER OUR CONSUMPTIVE PRACTICES, THE 05:46.012 --> 05:49.749 NATURAL RESOURCES THAT GO INTO WHAT WE BUY AND WHAT WE USE 05:49.749 --> 05:51.818 EVERY DAY TO EXIST. 05:51.818 --> 05:54.721 AND THE BYPRODUCT OF THAT IS GARBAGE. 05:54.721 --> 06:00.193 SO THE IMPACTS OF WHAT WE BUY AND WHAT WE DON'T USE FULLY AND 06:00.193 --> 06:04.130 DISCARD AS GARBAGE CERTAINLY HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT, 06:04.130 --> 06:07.567 BOTH DURING MANUFACTURING AND DURING DISPOSAL. 06:07.567 --> 06:13.773 >> HI, MY NAME'S RILEY, I GO TO HILLCREST ELEMENTARY. 06:13.773 --> 06:15.508 WHY DOES GARBAGE SMELL? 06:15.508 --> 06:19.512 >> GARBAGE SMELLS BECAUSE OF THE DECOMPOSITION PROCESS. 06:19.512 --> 06:23.249 THERE ARE MICROBES AND BACTERIA THAT LIVE ON GARBAGE. 06:23.249 --> 06:29.055 AS THEY CONSUME THE GARBAGE THEY CREATE A BYPRODUCT WHICH TENDS 06:29.055 --> 06:31.324 TO BE THE ODORS. 06:31.324 --> 06:34.527 THE FRESH TRASH SMELL, IT SMELLS LIKE THE INSIDE OF YOUR GARBAGE 06:34.527 --> 06:39.899 CAN, THAT'S WHERE THERE'S OXYGEN PRESENT AS THE ORGANIC MATERIAL 06:39.899 --> 06:40.367 DECOMPOSES. 06:40.367 --> 06:44.270 THEN ONCE THE GARBAGE HAS BEEN PLACED IN A LANDFILL AND 06:44.270 --> 06:47.507 COMPACTED AND THE OXYGEN AROUND THAT TRASH HAS BEEN USED UP, 06:47.507 --> 06:54.247 IT'LL GO TO AN ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION WHERE THE BY 06:54.247 --> 06:58.118 PRODUCT IS LANDFILL GAS A VERY UNIQUE SMELL. 06:58.118 --> 07:02.122 IT'S RATHER PUNGENT AND NOT VERY PLEASANT BUT IT'S VERY UNIQUE TO 07:02.122 --> 07:03.023 LANDFILLS. 07:03.023 --> 07:07.761 BUT THAT'S A BYPRODUCT OF THE DECOMPOSITION ORGANIC MATERIALS. 07:07.761 --> 07:12.565 >> HI, MY NAME IS JACKY AND I'M FROM MASON ELEMENTARY. 07:12.565 --> 07:16.236 MY QUESTION IS, WHERE DOES GARBAGE GO AT THE DUMP? 07:16.236 --> 07:17.771 >> THE GARBAGE GOES IN THE DUMP. 07:17.771 --> 07:23.043 IT'S BROUGHT UP IN A VARIETY OF VEHICLES, TYPICALLY TRASH TRUCKS 07:23.043 --> 07:26.146 THAT GO THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESSES THAT PICK YOU 07:26.146 --> 07:26.713 WANT GARBAGE. 07:26.713 --> 07:29.949 IT IS TAKEN TO LANDFILLS AND DUMPED INTO A SPECIFIC AREA 07:29.949 --> 07:31.951 WHERE IT IS CRUSHED AND BURIED. 07:31.951 --> 07:35.889 WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SITTING ON TOP OF A PILE OF 07:35.889 --> 07:38.491 GARBAGE THAT'S ABOUT 85 FEET THICK. 07:38.491 --> 07:43.897 >> BROOK WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHY DO WE SEPARATE TRASH AND 07:43.897 --> 07:44.497 RECYCLABLES? 07:44.497 --> 07:47.233 >> WE SEPARATE TRASH FROM RECYCLING MOSTLY TO MAKE IT 07:47.233 --> 07:51.971 EASIEST TO IDENTIFY WHAT CAN BE RECYCLED, AND WHAT CANNOT. 07:51.971 --> 07:55.508 IT MAKES THE SYSTEM MORE EFFICIENT IF THE RECYCLING IS 07:55.508 --> 07:59.579 PUT IN ONE PILE AND THE TRASH IS IN ANOTHER PILE, AND THEY MAKE 07:59.579 --> 08:04.050 THEIR WAY TO THEIR DESTINATIONS IN SORT OF A CLEAN FORM, YOU 08:04.050 --> 08:05.285 KNOW, A CATEGORY. 08:05.285 --> 08:08.855 IT'S KIND OF LIKE DOING YOUR LAUNDRY. 08:08.855 --> 08:11.925 IT'S A LOT EASIER IF YOU SORT IT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE WASHING 08:11.925 --> 08:15.662 MACHINE THAN TO TRY AND SORT IT ON TOP OF THE WASHING MACHINE. 08:15.662 --> 08:18.398 YOU WANT TO KEEP THOSE THINGS SEPARATE. 08:18.398 --> 08:23.236 IT ALSO HELPS YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH DO I HAVE OF THE RECYCLING 08:23.236 --> 08:25.872 AND HOW MUCH DO I HAVE OF THE TRASH. 08:25.872 --> 08:29.075 IT GOES INTO THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF HOW CAN WE BEST, MORE 08:29.075 --> 08:32.412 EFFICIENTLY, MOST AFFORD BLY PROVIDE TRASH AND RECYCLING 08:32.412 --> 08:33.213 SERVICES. 08:33.213 --> 08:37.851 >> HI, I'M FRANCES AND GOY TO CHARTER SCHOOL. 08:37.851 --> 08:41.054 MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET RID OF GARBAGE OTHER THAN 08:41.054 --> 08:43.256 PUTTING IT IN A LANDFILL? 08:43.256 --> 08:46.226 >> THERE ARE LOTS OF ALTERNATIVES. 08:46.226 --> 08:53.333 ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO MANAGE YOUR SOLID WASTE IS NOT TO TURN 08:53.333 --> 08:57.904 IT INTO A WASTE BUT SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO RECYCLE THE 08:57.904 --> 08:58.538 MATERIAL. 08:58.538 --> 09:03.209 BUT IF YOU DO HAVE WASTE, IF IT'S NOT PUT IN A LANDFILL 09:03.209 --> 09:09.015 TYPICALLY IT IS SENT TO AN INCINERATOR FOR DESTRUCTION IN 09:09.015 --> 09:10.583 THE WASTE GENERATION. 09:10.583 --> 09:16.489 BUT RIGHT NOW THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY TECHNOLOGIES, EITHER 09:16.489 --> 09:19.459 MASS BURN OR LANDFILL. 09:19.459 --> 09:23.129 >> SUCH MANAGEMENT OF WASTE IS NOT CREATIVE AT ALL, TO JUST TRY 09:23.129 --> 09:27.133 TO USE AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE, REUSE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THEN 09:27.133 --> 09:31.404 RECYCLE AND THEN WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, THEN THROW YOUR ITEMS 09:31.404 --> 09:31.971 AWAY. 09:31.971 --> 09:35.075 THERE ARE OPTIONS IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES FOR HOW THAT GARBAGE 09:35.075 --> 09:36.509 IS DISPOSED OF. 09:36.509 --> 09:40.613 IT MIGHT BE A LANDFILL, IT MIGHT BE AN INCINERATOR, IT MIGHT BE A 09:40.613 --> 09:44.517 GAS FICATION OR PLASMA TECHNOLOGY. 09:44.517 --> 09:47.053 AND THERE ARE TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPING ALL THE TIME ON WAYS 09:47.053 --> 09:52.058 TO MAKE OUR GARBAGE MORE MANAGEABLE. 09:52.058 --> 09:54.861 IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY TYPE SITUATIONS THERE ARE ALWAYS 09:54.861 --> 09:56.629 CONSEQUENCES AND CONSIDERATIONS. 09:56.629 --> 10:00.700 SO THE BEST APPROACH TO WASTE MANAGEMENT IS TO NOT CREATE IT 10:00.700 --> 10:01.634 AT ALL. 10:01.634 --> 10:06.639 >> GABE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW: HOW DOES GARBAGE DECOMPOSE IN THE 10:06.639 --> 10:07.607 GROUND? 10:07.607 --> 10:10.343 >> GARBAGE DECOMPOSES AS NATURAL PROCESS. 10:10.343 --> 10:15.281 THE ORGANIC MATERIAL WILL DECOMPOSE OR BREAK DOWN THERE, 10:15.281 --> 10:20.353 ACTUALLY MICROBES AND BACTERIA ON THE TRASH CONSUME THE ORGANIC 10:20.353 --> 10:21.921 MATERIALS IN THE TRASH. 10:21.921 --> 10:26.192 IT'S ALSO SUBJECTED TO THINGS LIKE OXIDATION, WHERE IT RUSTS 10:26.192 --> 10:30.263 AND WHERE IT COMBINES WITH OXYGEN AND THE METALS WILL BREAK 10:30.263 --> 10:30.930 DOWN. 10:30.930 --> 10:34.200 AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME CHEMICAL REACTIONS WITHIN A LANDFILL THAT 10:34.200 --> 10:37.837 ALSO WILL BREAK DOWN THE MATERIAL IN THE LANDFILL. 10:37.837 --> 10:43.043 BUT THE PRIMARY WAY THAT GARBAGE BREAKS DOWN IN THE LANDFILL IS 10:43.043 --> 10:50.684 THAT THE ORGANIC DECOMP SIGNIFICANCE HAPPENS. 10:50.684 --> 10:54.320 >> WHAT PRODUCT TAKES UP THE MOST SPACE IN U.S. LANDFILLS? 10:54.320 --> 10:55.922 IT'S PAPER. 10:55.922 --> 10:58.892 PAPER DOESN'T DEGRADE EASILY BURIED IN LANDFILLS. 10:58.892 --> 11:00.527 IT CAN LAST FOR DECADES. 11:00.527 --> 11:10.003 PUT PAPER IN A RECYCLING BIN, NOT THE TRASH. 11:10.003 --> 11:15.175 >> BRODY ASKS: WHY DOES GARBAGE TRUCK CRUSH THE GARBAGE? 11:15.175 --> 11:18.345 >> GARBAGE COLLECTED OCCURSIDE FROM YOUR HOME IS PUT INTO A 11:18.345 --> 11:23.650 COMPACTING TRUCK AND IS CRUSHED TO MAXIMIZE THE SPACE ON THE 11:23.650 --> 11:26.553 TRUCK TO MAKE MORE STOPS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 11:26.553 --> 11:30.357 SO WE COMPACT IT TO MAKE MORE ROOM, TO BE MORE EFFICIENT. 11:30.357 --> 11:34.561 >> AND THE MORE THEY PICK UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE THEY 11:34.561 --> 11:38.031 COME OFF THE ROUTE TO BRING IT TO THE LANDFILL, THE MORE 11:38.031 --> 11:43.103 EFFICIENT IT IS, THE LESS IMPACT TO THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH AIR 11:43.103 --> 11:43.570 POLLUTION. 11:43.570 --> 11:46.039 IT TRAVELS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS BACK AND FORTH TO 11:46.039 --> 11:46.840 THE LANDFILL. 11:46.840 --> 11:50.944 SO IF YOU CAN COMPACT IT MORE AND GET MORE INTO THE TRUCK THEY 11:50.944 --> 11:54.214 MAKE FEWER TRIPS TO THE DAMP. 11:54.214 --> 11:55.382 >> HI, I'M ELISE. 11:55.382 --> 11:58.218 I'M WONDERING WHAT RECYCLING DOES FOR OUR HEALTH AND THE 11:58.218 --> 12:00.253 HEALTH OF OUR EARTH. 12:00.253 --> 12:03.356 >> RECYCLING IS A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO JUST THROWING 12:03.356 --> 12:04.491 YOUR THINGS AWAY. 12:04.491 --> 12:09.062 RECYCLING IS A PROCESS OF TURNING ONE PRODUCT INTO 12:09.062 --> 12:13.333 SOMETHING NEW AND REUSING IT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 12:13.333 --> 12:19.339 IT MEANS NOT HARVESTING MORE TREES AND NOT MINING MORE RAW 12:19.339 --> 12:20.240 MATERIALS. 12:20.240 --> 12:25.078 IT'S ABOUT RESOURCE CONSERVATION, IT'S BUILT INTO 12:25.078 --> 12:27.981 RECYCLING AND THAT IS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT NO MATTER HOW 12:27.981 --> 12:28.982 YOU LOOK AT IT. 12:28.982 --> 12:32.285 >> AND BY RECYCLING, IT KEEPS IT OUT OF THE LANDFILL WHERE IT 12:32.285 --> 12:35.255 WILL GO THROUGH A NATURAL DECOMPOSITION PROCESS. 12:35.255 --> 12:40.560 THERE'S ALSO CHEMICAL PROCESSES WITHIN A LANDFILL THAT CAN 12:40.560 --> 12:44.664 COMBINE INTO PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO HUMAN HEALTH OR 12:44.664 --> 12:45.565 THE ENVIRONMENT SO. 12:45.565 --> 12:50.470 IF YOU KEEP THOSE THINGS OUT OF LANDFILL, THERE'S LESS IMPACT ON 12:50.470 --> 12:54.941 OUR ENVIRONMENT, GET IT BACK INTO REUSE RATHER THAN JUST 12:54.941 --> 12:56.743 THROWING IT AWAY. 12:56.743 --> 13:00.780 >> ISAAC WOULD LIKE TO KNOW: WHY DO WE BURY GARBAGE? 13:00.780 --> 13:06.219 >> WE BURY OR GARBAGE AS A FUNCTION OF OUR SOCIETY. 13:06.219 --> 13:10.890 WE'VE GOT MANAGE THE MATERIAL THAT WE'RE THROWING AWAY. 13:10.890 --> 13:15.161 WE DON'T WANT TO JUST LEAVE IT OUT WHERE THE WIND WILL BLOW IT 13:15.161 --> 13:17.697 AROUND HE AND ANIMALS CARRY IT OFF. 13:17.697 --> 13:21.334 WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTROL WHERE THAT MATERIAL GOES 13:21.334 --> 13:26.006 AND HOW IT'S MANAGED FOR THE LONG TERM. 13:26.006 --> 13:30.276 IT'S -- IT WORKS BEST FOR OUR SOCIETY TO HAVE BUN PLACE WHERE 13:30.276 --> 13:32.278 THE TRASH GOES. 13:32.278 --> 13:34.180 IT'S VERY CHEAP TO LANDFILL IT. 13:34.180 --> 13:37.117 HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES OUT THERE THAT DO 13:37.117 --> 13:38.351 COST A BIT MORE. 13:38.351 --> 13:50.363 THINGS LIKE WASTE TO ENERGY OR GASIIF I CAN INDICATION, 13:50.363 --> 13:52.298 ELECTRICAL COGEN RATION. 13:52.298 --> 13:55.535 BUT THOSE TEND TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVES. 13:55.535 --> 13:58.471 HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A TECHNOLOGY CHANGE OVER TIME THAT 13:58.471 --> 14:01.975 WILL REMOVE THE NECESSITY TO PUT TRASH INTO A LANDFILL. 14:01.975 --> 14:05.145 >> HI, MY NAME IS CAILIN. 14:05.145 --> 14:07.514 I'M FROM BASIN ELEMENTARY. 14:07.514 --> 14:12.152 MY QUESTION IS HOW DO GARBAGE TRUCKS GET ALL THE GARBAGE IN 14:12.152 --> 14:12.886 ONE DAY? 14:12.886 --> 14:15.622 THERE ARE A LOT THAT PICK UP GARBAGE EACH DAY. 14:15.622 --> 14:18.158 TYPICALLY WE'LL TAKE A NEIGHBORHOOD AND CARVE IT UP 14:18.158 --> 14:22.228 LIKE A PIE INTO EQUAL PORTIONS, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE 14:22.228 --> 14:26.599 THE RIGHT NUMBER OF TRUCKS AND THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF STAFF TO BE 14:26.599 --> 14:30.170 ABLE TO COLLECT YOUR GARBAGE ON YOUR COLLECTION DAY OF THE WEEK. 14:30.170 --> 14:32.972 WE DON'T PICK UP EVERY HOUSEHOLD ON MONDAY. 14:32.972 --> 14:38.078 WE PICK UP ONE FIFTH OF THE HOUSEHOLDS IN YOUR COMMUNITY ON 14:38.078 --> 14:41.448 MONDAY AND ANOTHER FIFTH ON TUESDAY. 14:41.448 --> 14:43.383 WE DIVIDE IT UP. 14:43.383 --> 14:47.387 >> MY NAME IS IAN, I'M FROM BASIN ELEMENTARY. 14:47.387 --> 14:48.822 HOW DOES RECYCLING WORK? 14:48.822 --> 14:53.927 >> IT IS THE PROCESS OF TURNING AN ITEM INTO SOMETHING NEW, TO 14:53.927 --> 14:56.463 REMANUFACTURE IT INTO SOMETHING NEW. 14:56.463 --> 15:00.700 SO FOR EXAMPLE AN ALUMINUM CAN FIRST HAD YOUR SODA POP IN IT. 15:00.700 --> 15:04.971 THEN YOU RECYCLED IT INTO THE SCREEN THAT'S IN YOUR SCREEN 15:04.971 --> 15:07.040 DOOR ON THE FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE. 15:07.040 --> 15:13.413 SO THE PROCESS OF RECYCLING USUALLY INVOLVES WATER AND 15:13.413 --> 15:17.884 ENERGY AND OTHER ELEMENTS TO TURN WHAT WAS ONCE A PIECE OF 15:17.884 --> 15:23.256 PAPER INTO TOILET PAPER OR CLEAN NEXT. 15:23.256 --> 15:26.326 EACH PROCESS IS UNIQUE TO THE TYPE OF MATERIAL IT IS AND 15:26.326 --> 15:29.863 WHAT'S REQUIRED OF IT TO MAKE THAT NEW PRODUCT FROM THE OLD 15:29.863 --> 15:31.331 PRODUCT. 15:31.331 --> 15:36.536 >> JACKSON WOULD LIKE TO KNOW: WHY CAN'T WE RECYCLE ALL THESE 15:36.536 --> 15:37.337 PRODUCTS? 15:37.337 --> 15:40.106 >> THE POTENTIAL TO RECYCLE EVERYTHING EXISTS. 15:40.106 --> 15:45.612 BUT WHAT IT TAKES, IT TAKES SOMEONE TO DEVELOP AN IDEA THAT 15:45.612 --> 15:49.883 USES THAT MATERIAL, AND THEN TO BE BE ABLE TO PUT THAT MATERIAL 15:49.883 --> 15:54.654 THROUGH ITS MANUFACTURING PROCESS, AND HAVE PEOPLE BUY THE 15:54.654 --> 15:55.388 PRODUCT. 15:55.388 --> 15:56.723 IT'LL SUPPLY AND DEMAND. 15:56.723 --> 16:00.293 >> IT'S JUST BASICALLY A FUNCTION OF ECONOMICS. 16:00.293 --> 16:06.866 IF THERE'S NOT A DEMAND FOR A MATERIAL, IT DOESN'T GET 16:06.866 --> 16:07.467 RECYCLED. 16:07.467 --> 16:10.603 IT'S THEN WHAT WE CLASSIFY CURRENTLY AS A WASTE MATERIAL. 16:10.603 --> 16:13.306 WE TEND TO THROW THAT AWAY IN THE LANDFILL. 16:13.306 --> 16:17.877 BUT IF YOU CAN DEVELOP A PRODUCT THAT HAS A VALUE TO IT, SO THAT 16:17.877 --> 16:22.148 IT'S NOT -- IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO RECYCLE IT RATHER THAN WASTE 16:22.148 --> 16:26.853 IT, THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR RECYCLABLE COMMODITY INSTEAD OF 16:26.853 --> 16:30.790 A WASTED PRODUCT. 16:30.790 --> 16:33.793 >> RECYCLING AND FINDING NEW USES FOR OUR TRASH ARE GOOD WAYS 16:33.793 --> 16:37.797 TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WASTE IN OUR LANDFILLS. 16:37.797 --> 16:44.371 THE CITY OF BOISE COLLECTS GLASS IN DESIGNATED BINS AND DUMPS IT 16:44.371 --> 16:47.974 INTO A GIANT PILE AT A SPECIAL COLLECTION SITE. 16:47.974 --> 16:51.711 >> JOINING ME IS CHRIS NELSON WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ABRASIVES. 16:51.711 --> 16:53.179 THEY DUMP THE GLASS HERE. 16:53.179 --> 16:54.080 WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? 16:54.080 --> 16:58.051 >> IT GOES FROM HERE AND WE PICK IT UP IN OUR LITTLE BOBCAT AND 16:58.051 --> 17:00.954 RUN IT THROUGH THIS PRIMARY SYSTEM HERE. 17:00.954 --> 17:06.593 IT BREAKS UP THE COARSE BOTTLES, BRINGS THEM DOWN TO A MEDIUM 17:06.593 --> 17:10.663 MIXTURE WE CAN THEN PROCESS INTO OUR FINAL PRODUCT, WHICH IS A 17:10.663 --> 17:11.498 ABRASIVE SAND. 17:11.498 --> 17:17.037 THEN WE TAKE IT OVER HERE TO THESE PILES AND THOSE PILES OVER 17:17.037 --> 17:21.608 THERE ARE PROBABLY A WEEK'S WORTH OF RUNNING THIS LITTLE 17:21.608 --> 17:22.509 PLANT. 17:22.509 --> 17:25.679 OH IDEALLY WE WOULD MAKE THAT PILE IN A DAY AND THEN PROCESS 17:25.679 --> 17:27.580 THROUGH A PILE IN A DAY. 17:27.580 --> 17:31.618 WE'LL THEN MOVE FROM IT THAT PILE INTO THAT GREEN BIN, AND IT 17:31.618 --> 17:35.422 BASICALLY RUNS THROUGH THAT CIRCUIT ALL THE A WAY OVER TO 17:35.422 --> 17:38.792 THIS HOUSE WHERE WE HAVE THE FINAL SCREEN PROCESS. 17:38.792 --> 17:41.895 IT SCREENS IT DOWN TO OUR FINAL PRODUCT. 17:41.895 --> 17:44.364 WE HAVE THREE MAIN PRODUCTS THAT WE CREATE. 17:44.364 --> 17:50.637 AND THEY ARE ALL MADE THERE AND THEY GO OFF TO OUR MAIN BAGGING 17:50.637 --> 17:52.539 FACILITY FOR FINAL PACKAGING. 17:52.539 --> 17:54.641 >> WHAT ARE THE END PRODUCTS USED FOR? 17:54.641 --> 17:59.946 >> WE USE IT FOR ABRASIVE SAND USED IN THE SAND-BLASTING 17:59.946 --> 18:00.580 INDUSTRY. 18:00.580 --> 18:02.215 IT'S A RATHER VAST INDUSTRY. 18:02.215 --> 18:08.388 ANYBODY WHO PAINTS OR COATS -- WHETHER IT BE BRIDGES OR CARS OR 18:08.388 --> 18:15.061 AUTO PARTS, ABRASIVE SANDS ARE USED TO FIRST BLAST OFF OLD 18:15.061 --> 18:17.931 STUFF, PREP THE SURFACE FOR WHATEVER COATING YOU'RE GOING 18:17.931 --> 18:21.234 PUT ON IT, PAINT OR CLEAR OR POWDER COATING. 18:21.234 --> 18:24.504 >> THE CREW HAS TO RUN THE CRUSHED GLASS THROUGH THE 18:24.504 --> 18:27.507 SCREENING PROCESS SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE PEOPLE PUT THINGS OTHER 18:27.507 --> 18:30.510 THAN GLASS INTO THE RECYCLING BINS. 18:30.510 --> 18:33.880 >> YOU CAN SEE THIS IS HOW WE GET IT. 18:33.880 --> 18:39.586 UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE THROW BOXES, PAPER, PLASTIC BAGS, 18:39.586 --> 18:44.791 WE'VE HAD MATTRESSES, CAR PELL PET ROLLS, YOU NAME IT, IT'S 18:44.791 --> 18:46.426 BEEN IN THERE. 18:46.426 --> 18:48.161 IT JUST UPSETS THE PROCESS. 18:48.161 --> 18:51.064 WE HAVE TO MANUALLY PULL THAT STUFF OUT. 18:51.064 --> 18:55.101 THE CLEANER THE COLLECTION CAN BE ET MORE FISH THE PROCESS CAN 18:55.101 --> 18:55.535 BE. 18:55.535 --> 18:58.905 >> WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO RECYCLE GLASS? 18:58.905 --> 19:05.378 >> IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THESE BOTTLES ALL END UP BURIED IN THE 19:05.378 --> 19:06.846 DIRT SOMEWHERE. 19:06.846 --> 19:12.318 AND WHEN WE TAKE THIS BOTTLE AND PRODUCE IT INTO AN ABRASIVE 19:12.318 --> 19:18.291 SAND, WE COLLAPSE THIS AND MAKE IT -- IF THIS WERE, SAY, ONE CUP 19:18.291 --> 19:22.595 OF GLASS, BY THE TIME WE PRODUCE IT WE GET IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 19:22.595 --> 19:25.865 PROBABLY SOMETHING LESS THAN AN OUNCE. 19:25.865 --> 19:31.037 AND BY THE TIME IT'S THROWN AWAY AT THE END, WE WOULD HOPE IT'S 19:31.037 --> 19:34.040 10% LESS THAN ITS ORIGINAL VOLUME. 19:34.040 --> 19:35.408 >> CHRIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, APPRECIATE THE TOUR. 19:35.408 --> 19:39.879 LET'S GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 19:39.879 --> 19:44.351 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS LAURA AND GOY TO CHARTER SCHOOL. 19:44.351 --> 19:47.420 I WAS WONDERING WHAT MAKES SOMETHING RECYCLABLE. 19:47.420 --> 19:52.592 >> SOMETHING'S RECYCLABLE IF THERE IS A DEMAND OR A MARKET 19:52.592 --> 19:56.796 FOR THE PRODUCT THAT IS LEFT OVER AFTER IT'S BEEN USED FOR 19:56.796 --> 19:57.731 ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE. 19:57.731 --> 20:03.536 >> THE CHALLENGE IS TO BE AN INVENTER, TO CREATE AN IDEA AND 20:03.536 --> 20:10.276 DEVELOP A NEW PRODUCT THAT TAKES A RESOURCE THAT ISN'T CURRENTLY 20:10.276 --> 20:16.549 RECYCLED, THAT YOU CAN BE AN INVENTORS AND DREAM UP SOMETHING 20:16.549 --> 20:17.984 NEW WITH THAT PRODUCT. 20:17.984 --> 20:21.354 THAT'S KIND OF HOW RECYCLING IS CREATED. 20:21.354 --> 20:25.558 SOMEONE HAS AN IDEA, THEY SEE IT THROUGH, AND THEN AS CONSUMERS 20:25.558 --> 20:32.098 WE SHOP FOR AND BUY THOSE PRODUCTS MADE FROM RECYCLED AND 20:32.098 --> 20:33.667 RECLAIMED MATERIALS. 20:33.667 --> 20:38.471 THAT CLOSES THE LOOP ON THE RECYCLE ABILITY OF ANY MATERIAL. 20:38.471 --> 20:42.108 >> TO GO ONE STEP FURTHER WITH THAT, IT'S NOT JUST THE NEW 20:42.108 --> 20:44.844 PRODUCT YOU'RE MAKING OUT OF MATERIALS WE'RE NOT RECYCLING 20:44.844 --> 20:45.311 NOW. 20:45.311 --> 20:49.015 BUT TO COME UP WITH A BRAND-NEW PRODUCT WHERE THE ONLY MATERIAL 20:49.015 --> 20:52.285 SOURCE FOR THAT PRODUCT IS ACTUALLY BURIED IN YOUR OLD 20:52.285 --> 20:52.752 LAND. 20:52.752 --> 20:56.690 THEN YOU MINE OUT YOUR OLD LANDFILL, GET THE MATERIALS BACK 20:56.690 --> 21:02.162 OUT AND TRULY RECYCLE THAT STUFF THAT HAS PRESUMABLY BEEN WASTED 21:02.162 --> 21:03.530 IN THE LANDFILL. 21:03.530 --> 21:08.535 A REAL CHALLENGE TO DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGIES, BOTH ON THE 21:08.535 --> 21:12.272 NEW PRODUCT AND THE LONG RANGE TECHNOLOGY. 21:12.272 --> 21:16.743 >> JAMES WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, HOW DO WE DISPOSE OF BATTERIES 21:16.743 --> 21:17.544 PROPERLY? 21:17.544 --> 21:22.615 >> BATTERIES, IF THEY ARE RECHARGEABLE, ARE VERY EASILY 21:22.615 --> 21:23.116 RECYCLED. 21:23.116 --> 21:32.459 THERE ARE A LOT OF STORES AND RETAIL OUTLETS THAT WILL TAKE 21:32.459 --> 21:35.095 BACK RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES. 21:35.095 --> 21:40.100 THEY ARE TYPICALLY CONSIDERED A HAZARDOUS WASTE IF THEY ARE NOT 21:40.100 --> 21:41.668 PROPERLY DISPOSED OF. 21:41.668 --> 21:45.305 IT'S BEST TO HAVE THEM COLLECTED AND SHIPPED TO A BATTERY 21:45.305 --> 21:46.473 RECYCLING FACILITY. 21:46.473 --> 21:52.045 THERE ARE SOME BATTERIES, ALKALINE BATTERIES, THERE'S -- 21:52.045 --> 21:57.017 THOSE ARE NO LONGER RECYCLED, THEY JUST END UP IN THE TRASH. 21:57.017 --> 22:05.425 >> DAVIS ASKS, WHY CAN'T BIO HAZARDOUSES GO INTO THE GARBAGE? 22:05.425 --> 22:13.967 >> THEY ARE TYPICALLY CAME NATURE WITH A PATH GENERAL THAT 22:13.967 --> 22:15.335 CAN DAMAGE HUMAN HEALTH. 22:15.335 --> 22:18.538 WE DON'T WANT THAT IN OUR LANDFILL WHERE IT CAN BE CARRIED 22:18.538 --> 22:23.643 OFF BY A BIRD OR HAVE A FLY LAND ON IT AND CARRY THAT 22:23.643 --> 22:26.179 DISEASE-CAUSING MATERIAL AWAY FROM THE LANDFILL. 22:26.179 --> 22:34.087 SO BEFORE BIOHAZARD MATERIAL CAN BE DISPOSED OF, IT'S EITHER RUN 22:34.087 --> 22:37.924 THROUGH AN AUTO CLAVE WHERE IT'S HEATED TO A TEMPERATURE THAT 22:37.924 --> 22:43.363 WILL DESTROYED THE BACTERIA, OR IT'S TYPICALLY SENT TO AN 22:43.363 --> 22:45.632 INCINERATOR WHERE IT'S DESTROYED. 22:45.632 --> 22:52.739 BUT IT'S JUST FOR THE GENERAL SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE 22:52.739 --> 22:58.345 PREVENT BIOHAZARD MATERIALS FROM OUR LANDFILL. 22:58.345 --> 23:02.082 >> HIGH, MY NAME IS DRAKE AND I'M FROM BASIN ELEMENTARY. 23:02.082 --> 23:07.787 MY QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH GARBAGE FILL AS GARBAGE TRUCK? 23:07.787 --> 23:12.959 >> THE AVERAGE GARBAGE TRUCK IN OUR COMMUNITY IS BETWEEN 20 AND 23:12.959 --> 23:18.865 25 CUBIC -- COMPACTED CUBIC YARDS. 23:18.865 --> 23:24.070 >> ABBIE ASKS, WHY IS COMPOST A GREAT FERTILIZER? 23:24.070 --> 23:29.376 >> COMPOST IS A NATURAL PRODUCT THAT FEEDS OTHER PLANTS. 23:29.376 --> 23:33.546 WHEN LEAVES BREAK DOWN AND TURN INTO EXCEPT, IT FEEDS THE SOIL 23:33.546 --> 23:37.083 AND MAKES THE SOIL RICH WITH NUTRIENTS. 23:37.083 --> 23:40.553 AND IT PROVIDES FOR AIR POCKETS AND PLACES FOR MOISTURE TO 23:40.553 --> 23:46.192 RETAIN, TO ACTUALLY FEED THE PLANT AND FEED THE WORMS AND 23:46.192 --> 23:48.194 OTHER ORGANISMS THAT LIVE WITHIN THE SOIL. 23:48.194 --> 23:53.733 >> IT ALSO HELPS BY BEING A WEED BARRIER. 23:53.733 --> 23:59.305 A LOT OF COMPOST MATERIALS ARE NATURALLY EFFECTIVE AT REDUCING 23:59.305 --> 24:04.077 THE AMOUNT OF WEEDS OR HELPING WITH THE WEEDS GROWING IN AMONG 24:04.077 --> 24:05.211 DESIRED PLANTS. 24:05.211 --> 24:13.520 >> HI, MY NAME'S McKENZIE FROM A NTHRO CHARTER SCHOOL. 24:13.520 --> 24:17.791 HAVE SCIENTISTS COME UP WITH A WAY TO DECOMPOSE GARBAGE THAT'S 24:17.791 --> 24:20.160 NOT NATURALLY KEY COMPOSING. 24:20.160 --> 24:21.261 >> YES. 24:21.261 --> 24:24.497 A LOT OF THE PLASTIC MATERIALS MADE IN TODAY'S MARKETS HAVE 24:24.497 --> 24:29.269 BEEN THE ORIGINAL CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THOSE WAS 24:29.269 --> 24:31.171 DESIGNED FOR LONGEVITY. 24:31.171 --> 24:35.709 SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY AT COMING UP 24:35.709 --> 24:42.449 WITH NEW COMPOUNDS THAT MAKE THE SAME BASIC PLASTIC STRUCTURE OR 24:42.449 --> 24:47.120 OTHER MATERIALS THAT WILL ACTUALLY DECOMPOSE MUCH MORE 24:47.120 --> 24:53.126 QUICKLY THAN SOME OF THE EARLIER STAGES OF THAT MATERIAL. 24:53.126 --> 24:57.030 >> TECHNOL IS ALWAYS BEING DEVELOPED TO HELP US MANAGE OUR 24:57.030 --> 24:58.331 WASTE STREAMS. 24:58.331 --> 25:02.702 THERE'S PLASMA TECHNOLOGY AND EVEN INCINERATION, WHICH IS AN 25:02.702 --> 25:04.504 OLD TECHNOLOGY TODAY. 25:04.504 --> 25:12.479 IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO MANAGE WASTES THAT WILL TERMINAL 25:12.479 --> 25:13.046 DECOMPOSE. 25:13.046 --> 25:18.518 WE ARE ALSO INVENTING NEW PRODUCTS ALL THE TIME, OR 25:18.518 --> 25:23.790 PRODUCT SUBSTITUTIONS THAT MAY LOOK LIKE PLASTIC BUT IT'S ALSO 25:23.790 --> 25:27.160 MADE FROM CORNER STARCH. 25:27.160 --> 25:31.531 IT ACTUALLY IS A NATURAL PRODUCT THAT CAN BIODEGRADE UNDER THE 25:31.531 --> 25:33.099 RIGHT CONDITIONS. 25:33.099 --> 25:37.070 >> MEGAN, BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF TIME, LET ME ASK, WHY DID YOU 25:37.070 --> 25:40.640 DECIDE TO PICK A JOB THAT DEALS WITH GARBAGE? 25:40.640 --> 25:43.910 >> I STUDIED ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN COLLEGE. 25:43.910 --> 25:48.515 I FIRST HAD THE GRAND HOPE OF STUDYING TREES FISH AND, YOU 25:48.515 --> 25:50.383 KNOW, RIVERS AND STREAMS. 25:50.383 --> 25:56.256 AND I FOUND THIS JOB IN SOLID WASTE FOR THE CITY OF BOISE. 25:56.256 --> 26:00.393 I REALIZED THAT IS A NATURAL RESOURCE THAT WILL FOREVER NEED 26:00.393 --> 26:04.330 TO BE MANAGED AND I CAN MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT BY HELPING MANAGE 26:04.330 --> 26:09.502 GARBAGE AND PROMOTE RECYCLING THAN IN PRESERVING OUR 26:09.502 --> 26:14.974 ENVIRONMENT, I CAN MAKE A BIGGER DIFFERENCE THAT WAY THAN MAYBE 26:14.974 --> 26:15.942 ANYWHERE ELSE. 26:15.942 --> 26:20.246 >> TED F SOMEONE IS INTERESTED IN DOING THIS FOR A LIVING, WHAT 26:20.246 --> 26:25.151 SHOULD SHE OR HE STUDY IN SCHOOL? 26:25.151 --> 26:27.520 >> ACTUALLY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT COVER AS HUGE VARIETY 26:27.520 --> 26:30.523 OF EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES. 26:30.523 --> 26:36.596 IT COVERS ALL SORTS OF ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL 26:36.596 --> 26:38.431 ENGINEERS, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS. 26:38.431 --> 26:45.071 ALL OF THE TRADES, PLUMBING AND ELECTRIC, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, 26:45.071 --> 26:46.973 CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY. 26:46.973 --> 26:53.980 IT'S ALL PART OF A SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 26:53.980 --> 26:58.018 IF YOU'RE JUST INTERESTED IN EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, THERE'S A 26:58.018 --> 26:59.686 LOT OF DEMAND FOR THAT. 26:59.686 --> 27:03.123 ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ADD TO ONE'S EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND 27:03.123 --> 27:06.860 AND EDUCATION WILL DEFINITELY BE A BIG HELP IF THEY ARE LOOKING 27:06.860 --> 27:10.296 FOR A JOB IN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. 27:10.296 --> 27:12.132 >> I'M SORRY, WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME. 27:12.132 --> 27:14.234 I APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US TODAY. 27:14.234 --> 27:15.335 >> IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE. 27:15.335 --> 27:16.302 >> THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 27:16.302 --> 27:20.407 >> YOU CAN LEARN MUCH MORE ABOUT GARBAGE AND OTHER SCIENCE TOPICS 27:20.407 --> 27:22.942 ON THE SCIENCE SCIEN WEBSITE. 27:22.942 --> 27:25.712 WE'LL ANSWER MORE ON "SCIENCE TREK," THE WEB SHOW. 27:25.712 --> 27:28.982 TO SUBMIT A QUESTION TO "SCIENCE TREK," IT'S EASY AND YOU AND 27:28.982 --> 27:30.717 YOUR CLASS WITH WIN PRIZES. 27:30.717 --> 27:35.889 SEND AS AN EMAIL OR VIDEO QUESTION, RECORD ON YOUR WEBCAM 27:35.889 --> 27:37.357 OR CELL PHONE. 27:37.357 --> 27:41.995 OUR LAST PRIZE WINNER WAS ALLIE IN MRS. 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