Phil Bobel, Palo Alto's assistant director of Public Works, talks about the <B><a href="https://paloaltoonline.atavist.com/a-journey-of-9500-miles-why-recyclables-are-heading-overseas-to-asia" target="_blank">uncertainty facing the city's recycling operation</a></B> since China has become unwilling to buy recycled items that are considered "contaminated." Palo Alto Weekly Editor Jocelyn Dong and Associate Linda Taaffe explore the impacts of the change and ways that cities are responding.

Phil Bobel, Palo Alto's assistant director of Public Works, talks about the uncertainty facing the city's recycling operation since China has become unwilling to buy recycled items that are considered "contaminated." Palo Alto Weekly Editor Jocelyn Dong and Associate Linda Taaffe explore the impacts of the change and ways that cities are responding.

Phil Bobel, Palo Alto's assistant director of Public Works, talks about the <b><a href="https://paloaltoonline.atavist.com/a-journey-of-9500-miles-why-recyclables-are-heading-overseas-to-asia" rel="noopener noreferrer">uncertainty facing the city's recycling operation</a></b> since China has become unwilling to buy recycled items that are considered "contaminated." Palo Alto Weekly Editor Jocelyn Dong and Associate Linda Taaffe explore the impacts of the change and ways that cities are responding.

Recycling at the crossroads

Palo Alto never runs out of interesting and controversial issues to pick apart. Behind the Headlines is a weekly podcast featuring journalists from the Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online analyzing those issues and getting deep into the weeds and politics behind them, often with the help of prominent guests.

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