SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – If you were handed an item to throw away right now, would you know exactly where it goes?
For many people, that moment of hesitation is all too familiar when it comes to recycling. And when the guess is wrong, more items end up in the landfill instead of being reused.
“It’s about reusing what we have and not being a wasteful society, and learning not to just throw things away. Once we take it out of the earth, instead of digging into the earth and taking more things out of the earth, we can actually take what we have and reuse it again, and again, and again,” said Misty McBeth, Millennium Recycling’s Community Engagement Coordinator…