In this episode of Roots to Fruits, Stacy Savage—also known as the Texas Trash Talker—shares her journey from grassroots environmental organizing to leading zero waste strategy at scale. The conversation explores how environmental progress is often slow, fragile, and easily reversed, especially within waste and recycling policy. Through real-world stories from Texas, Stacy and the host unpack the power of community organizing, the role of corporate responsibility, and why lasting change requires systems that can withstand political and economic pressure. At its core, this episode is about what it really takes to build sustainability that lasts—one community, one policy, and one hard-earned win at a time.