Workers Expose Dirty Secrets of Recycling Industry
Ray SanFlippo, International Longshore and Warehouse Union | In The States
Most of us don’t know what happens to our recycling after we take it to the curb each week.
On Feb. 2, hundreds of recycling workers and community supporters gathered in Oakland, Calif., at the Recycling Workers Convention to discuss a wide range of serious problems plaguing Alameda County’s recycling industry with an audience of elected officials and policy makers who oversee this supposedly “green” industry.
