VERIFY: How realistic is zero waste?
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Cities across America are pushing programs to accomplish no more trash in landfills. It’s called “zero waste.” In order to get to zero waste, trash has to stop going to the landfill and instead go to a recycling facility. In Dallas, there’s a brand new $20 million recycling facility that’s a partnership between the City of Dallas and a private European recycling company called FCC. In Dallas, they’ve been able to make that profitable. But the recycling industry, as a whole, is struggling. “In terms of the monetary [aspect], it’s not working in the USA,” says Dr. Sahadat Hoassain, the director of the Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability at the University of Texas at Arlington.