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David Laws

David Laws

Former Chief Secretary to the Treasury of the United Kingdom

Sep 8, 2026

2:53
So what is it about the way we collect materials that is just as important as what we do with them after the collecting?
2:59
Yeah, this is so important to getting a good outcome here.
3:02
You know, most people think of recycling as what do I take out of my kitchen and what do I put on my curbside? And beyond that, it's really, really difficult.
3:09
Like what's in my garage, hard to recycle stuff, like oil containers that are empty that have a little residual in them.
3:16
Most people don't have, don't know what to do with them.
3:18
And so they wind up in the waste stream.
3:19
And if you put them in your curbside collection program, then we have a massive problem.

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14:59
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