Newsable today: recycling complacency is choking the planet

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Gidday team, happy Tuesday! Today marks 88 years since the long arm of the law finally caught up to Bonnie and Clyde, which is a great excuse to chuck on some Beyonce and Jay-Z, in case you needed one. Which you don’t.

We kick off the show today with some chat about Ukraine: western countries are warming to the idea of supplying Ukraine with advanced fighter jets which some observers think could help turn the tide of the war – but it’s a delicate balance to help Ukraine without pushing Russia over the edge.

Then we chat to the UN’s Sheila Aggarwal-Khan about what factors are holding the world back from recycling plastics more effectively.

After that, we get a bit meta: a UK study suggests that hearing positive news stories can help brace people to better deal with hearing about negative stories. Does the media need to be more diverse, less doom-and-gloom in its offering?

And lastly, Imogen regales us with a tragic tale of parking woe.

That’s your lot – have a goodie and we’ll catch you tomorrow.

Emile

On the agenda today:

• In Stuff’s Home and Away Kiwis series we learn about moving to Japan, and the extra challenges faced by the LGBTQI+ community there, in news from 6am.
• The struggling container ship Shiling is being towed back into port in Wellington this morning and Stuff will have all the news on its arrival from 11am.
• Build-up for boxer Joseph Parker’s next fight goes into overdrive on Stuff with news throughout the day ahead of his Wednesday night title fight against Faiga Opelu.

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