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>> a lot more where that came from. listen, the thing about plastic versus paper is after a minute, the paper straws start to disintegrate. why bother? rob: they went paper because it falls apart, disappears, plastic doesn't. jillian: i use them in my coffee every day. rob: mahogany works great. >> i'm exhausted. i am on my third advil of the day. ♪
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'...
Energy into high heat incineration and collection. this facility burns 1500 tons of trash a day creating enough energy to power 60,000 local homes. sound great, right? the fact of the matter is, 69% of waste is being landfilled and little as 7% is converted into renewable energy. why don't we do more sustainable things with garbage overall? to find out, i'm talking to waste management ceo david steiner. >> the difference between the incinerator garbage? >> not a thing. >> why doesn't it go there to burn? >> here's the deal. that plant, to build today, would probably cost $450 million to $500 m...
Triangular pieces that match the bite marks. 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's never going to go away. it could go for the next ...