Caitlin Shamberg

Friday, Aug 10, 2007 10:19 AM UTC

The problem with plastic

Salon tours a San Francisco recycling center and finds that plastic bags are getting in the way of a clean operation.

By Caitlin Shamberg

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Katharine Mieszkowski writes about the environmental scourge of plastic bags, which even cause problems at the recycling plant. Take a video tour of San Francisco’s Norcal Waste Management center, where used bags are choking the system.

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Caitlin joined Salon in 2007 as the multimedia editor. She produced video in the field and worked with reporters to incorporate multimedia into their pieces. Prior to working at Salon, Caitlin was an associate producer at POV, PBS's independent documentary series. A lover of independent cinema, she has worked for

several film festivals and was an associate programmer at the Mill Valley Film Festival in California. She taught English in France, produced a short documentary in Russia and currently lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. She wishes every reporter carried a camera. Caitlin graduated from Vassar and earned her M.A. in journalism from NYU.