What A Supreme Court With More Seats Could Look Like, The Future Of Recycling (And Single-Use Plastics)

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truck filled with unsorted recyclable refuse as it is offloaded
In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, photo, a trailer door is opened on a truck filled with unsorted recyclable refuse as it is offloaded and added to a giant pile in a processing building at EL Harvey & Sons, a waste and recycling company, in Westborough, Mass. Recycling programs across the United States are shutting down or scaling back because of a global market crisis blamed on contamination at the curbside bin. AP Photo/Charles Krupa

A political scientist and public law expert talks with us about the implications of a new commission formed by President Biden to evaluate potentially expanding the size of the Supreme Court, as well as setting a limit for the amount of time justices serve. Then we discuss how both consumers and producers can be more effective in reducing, reusing and recycling.

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Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
  • Jana Rose Schleis Producer
  • Bill Martens Producer
  • Tim Peterson Producer
  • Charley Jacobs Guest
  • Jennie Romer Guest

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