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Obviously, waste disposal is an enormous and fantastic industry.

We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling.

Not everything needs to be recycled.

God help anyone who disobeys my recycling system. I have all the separated bins. I'm very adamant about it because I try to be a good citizen of the world, I really do. I even use eco-friendly cleaning products, but sometimes you just have to break open the disinfectant. Some jobs require it.

Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn't help much. Basically, it's going to have to be legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified.

When you have all these traces of trash moving around, you can ask yourself how can we make the system more efficient. Then we can make better decisions. And perhaps we will not throw away the plastic bottles that go every day to the dump.

Recycling is an area where jobs could be created at low cost. Green collar workers. That's not very sexy.

If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.

In some cases, it's not just about cleaning up the factories. It's about cleaning up the nearby rivers and lakes that have been tainted with heavy metals.

Some trash is recycled, some is thrown away, some ends up where it shouldn't end up.