Weban essential part of managing a growing global waste problem is sorting, recovering and recycling it.

That's when cities started sending trucks to everyone's homes to pick.

Initially, people mocked her but now the community sees the value in her work.

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Webwe kind of owe recycling to the mafia and a 1987 garbage barge that couldn't dock anywhere.

Webso when an alabama businessman named lowell harrelson wanted to turn trash into energy, he found a mob boss.

Webso when an alabama businessman named lowell harrelson wanted to turn trash into energy, he found a mob boss.

Websam demma and dillon mendes founded pickwaste, an organization that aims to clean up the streets one piece of trash at a time, and they say they've collected.

But you won’t see this on children’s shows that feature waste.

Bought 3,186 tons of garbage, put it on a big.

Bought 3,186 tons of garbage, put it on a big.

They've played with stevie wonder and for the pope.

Webthe city’s perilous dealings with trash, particularly in its early days, have meant outbreaks of disease and bureaucratic corruption that compounded the problem.

Weblowell harrelson took the garbage because he wanted to harvest the methane from the decomposing trash to generate electricity.

Webyoung musicians from a paraguayan slum have toured the world with instruments made of garbage.

His plan didn’t come to.

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