For Homes and Congregations in the NC Triangle
Confused about what you can recycle? Wondering if recycling is still “worth it” these days? Frustrated with all the plastics in your life?
If you were not among the 78 people who joined the Recycling 101 webinar live on April 29, 2025, it’s not too late to learn how to recycle more effectively. On the recording, John Wilson, an energizing and informed advocate for recycling, reveals the latest about the City of Raleigh, Wake, Orange and Durham Counties and other recycling programs, as well as an exciting new way to increase recycling of plastic bags and film, the NexTrex Challenge!
Watch the recording on ICCT’s YouTube channel:
You can download John’s slide presentation here. The presentation. contains links to the recycling pages of Triangle communities’ websites, a link to an entire entire 16-minute NPR film on the current state of recycling, and much more.
John is a documentary filmmaker and conservationist from Chapel Hill. He’s a member of University Presbyterian Church’s Earth Care Team where he and his wife share the importance of recycling. He is chairman of the North Carolina Land and Water Fund board of trustees and a former board member of the Conservation Trust for North Carolina, Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation and N.C. Botanical Garden Foundation. He has produced several documentaries for PBS North Carolina and edited the video series, Climate Stories NC. Wilson has taught at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media, the UNC Department of Communication, and the Curriculum in Environment & Ecology.
The webinar was hosted by Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle and its Earth Friendly Practices Team, and co-sponsored by Orange-Chatham Interfaith Care for Creation.
