Today I Learned Climate - Episode 5

We often hear about recycling as a way to make an impact on climate change right in your own home. But how big a difference are we really making when we recycle? For this episode, Anders Damgaard, senior researcher at the Technical University of Denmark, joins the TILclimate podcast to help us understand the climate benefits of recycling—and why they depend on what we’re recycling and how.

For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-recycling

For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu. 

Credits

Laur Hesse Fisher, Host and Producer

David Lishansky, Editor and Producer

Aaron Krol, Associate Producer

Natalie Jones, Script Writer

Ilana Hirschfeld, Production Assistant

Sylvia Scharf, Education Specialist

Michelle Harris, Fact Checker

Music by Blue Dot Sessions

Artwork by Aaron Krol