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An animation shows the colourful TVO Kids News logo against a white background.

Lucas is in his twenties, with short brown hair and wears brown trousers, a purple zip jacket and a gray striped TVO Kids T-shirt.

Lucas says WELCOME BACK TO
TVOK NEWS.
HEY, DO YOU EVER HAVE
TROUBLE FIGURING OUT
WHAT GOES INTO YOUR
GARBAGE AND RECYCLE BINS?
I KNOW I GET CONFUSED
ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
WELL, IF YOU DO,
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, MY FRIENDS.
APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER
OF EVERYTHING
PUT IN THE BLUE BINS,
SHOULDN'T EVEN GO IN THEM.

A small window on the top left corner of the screen shows garbage bins of different colors.

He continues THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM,
AND THE REASON WHY THE
CITY OF TORONTO RECENTLY ASKED A
GROUP OF DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS,
TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY
THINK ARE THE PROBLEMS,
IN ORDER TO FIND
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.
SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT
CAME UP WERE TO MAKE
ALL FAST-FOOD
PACKAGING RECYCLABLE,
AND THAT RULES FOR MANUFACTURES
WHO MAKE THE PACKAGING
WOULD HAVE TO
MAKE IT ALL THE SAME.
FOR INSTANCE,
THE CUP THAT YOU USE FROM A
TAKE-OUT RESTAURANT
WOULD BE MADE OF THE
SAME RECYCLABLE MATERIAL
AS THE ONE FROM YOUR
LOCAL GROCERY STORE.
BASICALLY, THIS WOULD TAKE OUT
ALL OF THE CONFUSION
OUT OF WHAT GOES IN WHICH BIN.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,
WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHY SOMETHING IS RECYCLABLE,
OR NOT RECYCLABLE.
BUT, LET ME THROW IT
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
WHAT CONFUSED YOU ABOUT
RECYCLE AND GARBAGE?
WELL, WRITE TO US
AT TVOKIDS.COM,
AND MAYBE WE FEATURE YOUR
COMMENT, CONCERNS,
OR SUGGESTIONS IN FUTURE
SEGMENTS ON
TVOK NEWS.
HEY, GUESS WHAT,
COME UP NEXT IS YOUR
TVOK NEWS
FEATURE STORY.
STICK AROUND.

Logo: TVO Kids News.