this is about kal penn.t climate and clean energy. this is a clip i watched last night. it's about plastics, we'll play it and then we'll talk to you about it. >> we take a look at a problem we're unlikely to recycle our way out of. plastic. >> the perception out there is, what i put in my recycling bin, the blue bin, is what technically can be recycled. but in the reality, no recycling company anywhere is mandated by law to recycle what you put in the blue bin. >> i think it very much falls into the category of helping corporations reassure us about things we should not be reassured about. >> so a very real moment for that related to, because we have these separation bins in our -- you know, you pull out, put the plastic and cardboard on that side and you take it and you don't know what happens to it. my mom is from louisiana, she's like, what are you doing? why do you have things on different -- she didn't get it. the stats are staggering, less than 6% of plastic waste is recycled in the u.s. and you point