Sanitation Truck: Brookyn, NY

Massive infrastructure is needed to remove the plastics from view in our daily lives. In New York City alone, there are 2100 collection vehicles that pick up residents’ trash and recycling, the majority of which is hauled hundreds of miles by truck to landfills in neighboring states. While 300 million tons of new plastic is produced annually in the United States, and only 10% is recycled.