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The Larry Meiller Show
Monday, November 30, 2020, 11:00am
By Natalie Guyette

Our recycling system has room for improvement. In Wisconsin, only two types of plastic are recycled and the rest head for the landfill. We talk with two professors and researchers from the Wisconsin Energy Institute who are developing new technology that would allow us to recycle more kinds of plastic. 

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