Commentary: Fresno Should Look To Sweden For Recycling Model

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The subject of trash has dominated Fresno headlines in recent months. In addition to the controversy over the privatization of residential solid waste service in the City of Fresno,  a recent online post by National Geographic cites Fresno as a nationwide leader recycling. But what if Fresno’s current recycling rate of 73 percent were 100 percent? On this week’s edition of the commentary series The Moral Is, Fresno State Biology professor Madhusudan Katti says we should look to Sweden as an example.

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