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Reduce, reuse, recycle is a familiar mantra the world over. Recycling has been described as \u2018one of the easier climate-friendly acts\u201d that individuals can do. A recent poll found that, globally, most of us believe that recycling is the single best thing we can do to tackle the climate crisis. But there isn\u2019t much mention of \u201creduce\u201d and \u201creuse\u201d.

This week, presenters Kate Lamble and Neal Razzell explore how successful the world\u2019s recycling system really is, visiting Port Klang in Malaysia where huge swaths of the globe\u2019s recycling gets sent only to end up... well, listen and you\u2019ll find out! Kate and Neal will also learn how climate friendly recycling really is and whether there are other more important actions we can take to improve how we manage our waste. \n \nThank you to contributors: \nKe Wang, Lead of the PACE Program at the World Resources Institute (Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy)\nCostas Velis, Lecturer in Resource Efficiency Systems at the University of Leeds, UK \nJenny van Doorn, Professor of Marketing Services at the University of Groningen, Netherlands\nFarhan Nasa, Project Coordinator at Break Free from Plastic, Malaysia \n \nOur team: \nReporter: Chen Yih Wen, Environmental Reporter in Tanjung Harapan, Klang, Malaysia \nResearchers: Immie Rhodes, Natasha Fernandes, Marcia Veiga, Sarah Wild. \nProducer: Dearbhail Starr \nSeries Producer: Alex Lewis \nProduction Coordinators: Sophie Hill, Siobhan Reed \nSound Mix: Tom Brignell \nEditor: Richard Fenton-Smith