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Desiree LaBeaud: The curious connection between plastic trash and infectious disease

The Future of Everything

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Are There Realistic Technology Opportunities to Help the Plastic Problem?

Russ Altman: Are there realistic technological opportunities to help this problem? He says we can find alternatives to plastics and single use items. There's a biodigestive cell that makes energy from bacteria chewing up plastic, he says. Altman: We're using drones to try and map out the trash problem where we're working in Kenya.

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