The Overview podcast: can we recycle ourselves out of environmental disaster?

Experts question how much recycling can really help in push to protect our planet

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In each episode of The Overview, The Week examines one story from the headlines, looking back through history to explain how we got to the current situation – and predicting what will happen next.

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