Episode 1 - Let’s Talk Trash Series: The Truth about Recycling

We have some good news to share! Love Your City TV has begun a new podcast series Let's Talk Trash! featuring leaders who are helping solve our waste challenges in New Orleans....and boy, is it a mountain of garbage. Today we talk to Jane Patton with No Waste Louisiana and Jake Lipsman with Life City about some solutions and major issues with plastic and recycling. Learn the TRUTH behind plastic recycling, how to support glass recycling, why leaders in our community are getting behind green initiatives like never before - and so much more! Don't just get inspired though - take action by becoming a part of the Zero Waste Challenge in New Orleans. See the link in the bio! Tag a restaurant or company you think should participate below! #zerowastebadge #zerowastenola #circulareconomy #changestartswithyou  #loveyourcity Over the course of the series, we will be talking to various leaders in the community who work to fight this issue. Coming up: * Kevin Ferguson, New Orleans & Company, Can New Orleans clean up our reputation? * Franziska Trautmann, Glass Half Full: How one organization stepped up to solve our glass recycling problem Special guest sponsor, DJ Johnson, Baldwin & Co.: An inspiration for stronger literacy in New Orleans Don't forget to join us on July 12th for a Zero Waste Challenge workshop, helping your company learn what it can do to reduce waste!! Episodes are available on Spotify and Apple Music and, you can join in on the conversation by watching Love Your City TV on YouTube! Producers: Jourdan D. Bazley;  Liz Shepard;  Olivia Warren;