We know you encounter things in your environment that make you curious. And Citizen Q is our series where we can help you find answers to your everyday environmental questions. Maybe you want to know what your carbon footprint is. Or if the recycling you're lugging out to the curb every week is really making a difference. Whatever it is, we want to know what's on your mind. Send your question to info@alleghenyfront.org, or check out what's on other listeners' minds below.
It does seem impossible that somebody is separating paper receipts from soda cans. But we can assure you, your recycling is getting sorted. And the whole system is pretty high-tech.
There's a reason you're not supposed to throw your unused medications in the garbage or flush them down the toilet. But what the heck are you supposed to do with them?
Internet-of-things engineer Robert Blackwell says his idea to rig your toilet up to the internet could keep raw sewage out of Pittsburgh's Three Rivers.