Where Does It Go?



You've sorted your garbage, recyclables, and yard trimmings. Now what? What happens to the nearly 80 million tons of stuff that Californians toss out each year?

California Connected visits San Francisco, which has some of the most advanced waste disposal and diversion plants in the nation.

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A news magazine covering the people and ideas that drive California. (2002 to 2007)

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