Alexa Kielty's guest appearances

Alexa Kielty

City Rising

Richard Johnson

Chris Castro

Dan Smolen

Christine Knapp

Nic Esposito

Alex Dews

Angelica Ciranni

OwlTail

How does the "greenest" city in America divert compost and clothes from landfills? Alexa Kielty, Zero Wast Specialist of San Francisco talks about their journey with wins and hurdles in today's episode. This is a follow up from our last episode when we chatted about Zero Waste with Nic Esposito in Philadelphia. Tune in to learn:  How San Francisco manages trash, recycling and composting What terms (biodegradable, compostable) mean it's ACTUALLY compostable? Problems with compostable plastics The ongoing debate between buying a single-use cup or washing a reusable cup San Francisco's program to fight fast fashion and textile waste One idea for how to stop people from throwing away so much trash  Episode resources: San Francisco  Department of Environment  Green Philly Where Can I Wednesday column CUSP 

How does the "greenest" city in America divert compost and clothes from landfills? Alexa Kielty, Zero Wast Specialist of San Francisco talks about their journey with wins and hurdles in today's episode. This is a follow up from our last episode when we chatted about Zero Waste with Nic Esposito in Philadelphia. Tune in to learn: <ul> <li>How San Francisco manages trash, recycling and composting</li> <li>What terms (biodegradable, compostable) mean it's ACTUALLY compostable?</li> <li>Problems with compostable plastics</li> <li>The ongoing debate between buying a single-use cup or washing a reusable cup</li> <li>San Francisco's program to fight fast fashion and textile waste</li> <li>One idea for how to stop people from throwing away so much trash</li> </ul> Episode resources: <a href="https://sfenvironment.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">San Francisco Department of Environment</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.greenphillyblog.com/tag/where-can-i-wednesday/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Green Philly Where Can I Wednesday column</a> <a href="http://cuspproject.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CUSP</a></li> </ul>

How San Francisco Takes on Composting, Fast Fashion & More with Alexa Kielty