Garbage Is Good: Recycling in America

Denim
Erek Hansen, 9 years old, organized a denim drive that collected nearly 1,700 pairs of jeans, part of a drive organized by National Geographic Kids Magazine to set a world record for the most items of clothing collected for recycling. The official record was set with 33,088 denim jeans, shirts, jackets and hats that will be turned into home insulation.

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