From 60 Minutes.

From 2008, Scott Pelley’s investigation into what happens to electronics after you throw them away. From 2009, Lesley Stahl’s look into the health problems associated with coal ash, one of the dangerous by-products of coal-burning power plants. From 2019, Sharyn Alfonsi’s report on the devastating effects of plastic waste on the wildlife of the remote Pacific atoll of Midway. And from 2014, Lesley Stahl’s report on a coal ash waste spill in North Carolina.

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0:00 Intro
0:11 The Wasteland (2008)
13:08 130 Millions Tons of Waste (2009)
26:35 Plastic Plague (2019)
38:20 The Spill at Dan River (2014)

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