The news keeps telling us that our recycling system isn’t working — and even One Small Step host Lucy Biggers is starting to have her doubts. So we asked the experts: Is recycling still worth it?
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Is recycling really beyond hope? And what's with the plastic numbers at the bottom of our bottles — how do we get them straight?

We talk to several experts with different perspectives on our recycling system: Kristy Drutman of @browngirl_green; Cole Rosengren, a senior editor for Waste Dive; and Judith Enck, the founder of Beyond Plastics.

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