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This is the dangerous part. it's the glass and inside coated with lead. >> this is lead on the back. >> yeah and it's a vacuum so you don't want to crack it because then everything flushes out and you get a cloud of toxic dust. see how the size fits there? >> that's one of the tags? >> yes. >> what's it made of? >> a circuit board, antenna, micro controller and a cell phone modem. >> that's smart. we have to attach the tag securely and stealthily so it can stow away secretly with my waste. >> it's like we're in our spy lab. >> the tracker is on and once we drop it off, we should be able to see...

Are subsidized. >> until we start subsidizing things like that, we put garbage in the ground. >> yeah. >> the technology to take your waste and turn into something different is out there but not on scale and not where it's economically viable. it will happen over time. the question is, do we want it to happen faster and who's paying for it, me, the skurps or the government? >> until sustainability is the rule and not the exception, i feel there's more i can do to stop the cycling of waste and the answer might be back at my own home. after witnessing firsthand how much waste we create as a soci...

Recycle and forces you to look at the choices you make. i feel i'm the guy when you throw the tin can, can't put it in the recycling bin? what's wrong with you? so get ready. going to be watching. and there it is. all the way from brooklyn. this will be its final resting place. when you say i'm going to throw something away, this is what away looks like. this is where the majority of trash in america is going to end up. bye, little bag. see you when i see you. there's something very sad about the landfill.

It's a lot of work, i can see why these guys are so well compensated. a senior sandman can make upwards of 90 grand a year. not bad. finally, after hours of collection and tons, literally, of trash, we've arrived at my block. there's my bag of garbage that i put in yellow bags, be able to track it, chase it. see where it goes. and there she goes. what a day. i worked an entire shift, cleared the garbage from my neighborhood, and it's only lunchtime. >> home again, home again. but for my garbage, tafs just the beginning. how'd i do? >> actually, yeah. now we picked up all the trash, where's it ...

You get. inside you'll find little triangular pieces with bite marks on the beaches out to sea. almost like these little bits. yes. >> so break it down, mechanics will crush them and then fish do their fair share. >> reducing the big bottles to smaller pieces. >> what is the reason they're chewing on it? >> the plastic itself looks like their food source or a biofilm on there. >> once something hits the ocean, how far can it go? >> it can go anywhere. the plastic doesn't always cross the equator. there's a few points the currents go north or south. typically, stay in its own hemisphere. >> it'...