It’s hard to believe that New York City, with residents that produce over 12,000 pounds of waste per day, does not have trash incinerators or landfills. But it’s true. The city that never sleeps, has to ship its waste to other states for disposal.  New Yorkers are only recycling 17% of their trash and as a result, everything else is either sitting in the street, getting shipped off for incineration or headed for the eternal plunk into a landfill. In a city like this, how do I teach my family to keep up the good green fight? I show them innovators.