For decades, the global North has pushed their plastic waste out-of-sight by exporting low-value plastic waste to the global south and China. In 2017, China stopped accepting plastic waste from other countries, and now an international agreement called the Basel Agreement would restrict plastic exports to countries that aren't equipped to deal with plastic waste. Yet, the US has not ratified this agreement and continues to export more than 20 million tons of plastic waste every month, mostly to Malaysia. In this week's Plastic Public Service Announcement, we look at how the global waste trade affects our international neighbors and oceans with John Hocevar of Greenpeace.

The WGXC Morning Show is a radio magazine show featuring local news, interviews with community leaders and personalities, reports on cultural issues, a rundown of public meetings and local and regional events, with weather updates, and more about and for the community, made mostly through volunteers in the community through WGXC. The Catskill Makers Syndicate produce the "Better Weather" for the show. Rob Gelles produces the Columbia County history segment "Rob Around The County" and "This Month in History" for the show. Julia Joern produced the "Hudson Valley Word of Mouth" interview segment each week. The "WGXC Congressional Report" also airs here. Some reports come from our partner station, WOOC-LP in Troy, out of The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Tom Roe also cuts up local and national news with songs and sounds for the show. At 9 a.m. "The WGXC Daily," with local headlines, weather, and previews of community events, airs. At 10 a.m., national headlines from Public News Service are on WGXC. Sometimes national, state, or local press conferences, meetings, or events are broadcast live here.