PODCAST: Trash talk – is Catalonia's recycling system working?

From innovative collection strategies to massive processing plants, a look at the journey our waste goes on

A garbage truck offloads waste at the Font Ollera landfill site outside Berga, November 30, 2021 (by Gemma Aleman)
A garbage truck offloads waste at the Font Ollera landfill site outside Berga, November 30, 2021 (by Gemma Aleman) / ACN

ACN | Barcelona

May 21, 2022 10:07 AM

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Cristina Tomàs White and Guifré Jordan join Lorcan Doherty to look at the journey our waste goes on, from local neighborhood drop-off points to massive industrial-scale processing plants. Press play below to listen or subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.

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Plus, innovative ways to get people to recycle more, including music jingles in Catalonia and Taiwan, and a quiz on what rubbish goes in which bin, with help from residuonvas.cat.

This week's Catalan phrase is 'això fa olor a socarrim'. Literally, 'this smells burnt', it is used when something looks bad, similar to the English-language phrase 'this smells fishy'.

Get in touch with the podcast team: fillingthesink@acn.cat

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