Beakman explains the stats of how much waste is generated daily. He then describes what happens to the waste in the trash dump and why recycling is really good for the environment.

The Planeteers reuse items that people have thrown out to create a plane to escape the dump.

The Planeteers talk about how people throw away things into the garbage that are still salvageable and things that should be recycled.

Professor Actual Factual tells Brother and Sister a little about the environment within Bear Country, including the problem of the increasing size of the landfills. He expresses the importance of taking care of the environment through a couple of ways.

This clip describes the disastrous impact that our use of plastic has on the environment. It describes how plastic pollutes our waters and subsequently harming wildlife that ingest it.