We put dozens of trackers in plastic bags for recycling. Many were trashed.
ABC News tracked dozens of plastic bags placed in retailers' recycling bins as part of an investigation into the effectiveness of America’s recycling streams. For more than a decade, Courtney Williams and her family have lived in the shadow of the Wheelabrator waste-to-energy incinerator, located along the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York. "We go outside, we open the door, and the … kind of burning plastic smell hits us," Williams told ABC News. A low income and mostly minority community, the city is also around a decommissioned nuclear power plant, a sewage disposal facility and multiple chemical plants. Despite loving the people and riverside culture in Peekskill, living beside so many sources of pollution has often led Williams to second guess her decision to move her family there. The Wheelabrator Westchester incinerator sits along the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York. ABC News "My biggest regret is buying this house and moving to this community because I w...