the Story of trash

While it’s easy to forget about your trash as soon as you move it to the curb, it goes on quite the journey towards proper disposal. Explore this video series to learn what happens to your trash, recycling, and mixed organics as it leaves your home until it reaches its end destination.

Explore the Whole story

  • Part I - Waste Reduction

    Learn about the importance of waste reduction, and get some tips to help you prevent making trash in the first place.

  • Part II- The Lifecycle of Stuff

    Explore the impact of common goods from extraction to disposal and find out which stage is the most harmful to the environment.

  • Part III - Curbside to Recycling I

    Find out what happens to all the materials in your blue bin.

  • Part IV - organics and food waste

    Food is one of the largest contributors to residential and commercial waste in Marion County. Discover why and how you can help prevent food waste.

  • Part V - Residential Waste to Covanta

    Discover how a waste-to-energy facility works.

  • Part VI - Transfer Stations to MRRF

    Find out what the Marion Resource Recovery Facility does for waste management.

the story of trash

part III - curbside to Recycling ii

Explore the sorting process, and what contamination means for recycled goods.

part i - waste reduction

Learn about the importance of waste reduction, and get some tips to help you prevent making trash in the first place.

part Iv - organics and food waste

Food is one of the largest contributors to residential and commercial waste in Marion County. Discover why and how you can help prevent food waste.

part vi - transfer station to mrrf

Find out what the Marion Resource Recovery Facility does for waste management.

part II - the lifecycle of stuff

Find what a lifecycle analysis means, and where the biggest environmental impacts occur during the lifetime of an object.

part III - curbside to Recycling i

Explore what happens to the items you place in your blue bin.

part v - residential waste to covanta

Discover how a waste-to-energy facility works.