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- Going through the recycling

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and just got this Prada sunglasses, wow.

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- Well. Hi, my name is Anna
Sacks and on social media

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I go by The Trash Walker.

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If you're intimidated,

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I would suggest going with a
friend who's also interested.

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I think that that makes
it more approachable

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if you're with someone
rather than doing this alone,

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because there is,

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it can kind of be like intimidating maybe.

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And maybe you feel like there's
the social stigma about it.

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There's comfort in doing
it with other people.

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I would start with residential waste.

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So pay attention to when your neighborhood

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puts out their their waste at the curb.

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And I especially like
to go on recycling days.

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You find a lot of stuff
in those clear bags

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and because they're clear,

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you could see into them pretty quickly.

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So I would start with the clear bags

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and I would start also

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with items that you
feel comfortable taking.

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For a lot of people that
might be glass items,

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or plastic items, or metal
items, since those are,

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can be sanitized really easily.

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And then the other important thing is to,

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my rule is that I leave
things as I found them,

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if not better.

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So if someone else makes
a mess, it's not my job

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to clean up after them,

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but I'm also not going
to contribute to it.

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And that means I'm, I tie up
every bag that I encounter,

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that I open.

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You know, my responsibility
is to make sure

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that I'm not contributing
to like a messy street.