getting a firsthand look, talking to survivors and first responders about the need on the island. as you mentioned, more than 1000 people remain unaccounted for. the governor even said up a lot of the missing will never be found. unfortunately, this fire burned so hot. the government estimates it reached up to 2000 degrees. which is hotter than most incinerators. which is very frustrating for families who have been waiting for days to find out word about their loved ones. many children as the governor said are in those numbers. he s going to face a lot of questions. he faced criticism for his public response. we heard from the state that he s been talking to them constantly, immediately gave a lot of aid. he said he d be here for the long haul. as we all know, the presidents been often called bill consoler -in-chief. people thought like that public statement that they were looking for when we were learning the numbers of the
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23 last paint in landfills and incinerators. how much of what people think is being recycled actually ends up here at an incinerator? the amount of resources that we are able to recover across the whole globe right now is sitting in around 9%. reporter: how much do people think they are recycled? i think they think it s a lot more. reporter: in a statement, target said they are committed to looking at our processes to improve our recycling efforts. and walmart saying its pursuing initiatives to reduce the use of single-use plastics, including plastic bags. i hope you understand my frustration. we asked the american chemistry council which again promoting the big-box store drop-off concept about a decade ago about how few of the bags actually made it to a potential recycler. is the plastic drop off her second program at retailers, is that working? doesn t work to the scale that we want. david: this is going to frustrate a lot of our viewers who take the back to those recyc