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Packaging experts say that more and more of what we buy at the store comes wrapped in plastic.

But it's not always clear what you can do with that empty container once you're finished with it.

Rebecca Williams visits some experts to sort out the confusion about recycling plastic

This weekend, Granite Staters will get a chance to hear the U.S. premiere of a new classical work from South Africa. It's part of A Celebration of African Music taking place this Saturday and Sunday. We'll talk with Plymouth State University's Dan Perkins, the man who's bringing it here. And we'll hear from Theo Martey, the director of a Ghanaian drumming group that's relocated to New England. Join us for an exploration of African sounds and culture in New Hampshire.

An aging New Hampshire along with constant medical breakthroughs equals a state that has more people living longer with chronic conditions. But is New Hampshire prepared to care for an aging population? Will we have enough nursing homes and assisted care facilities? Will we have enough resources to provide for those who want to live and be cared for in the comforts of their own home? Will we have enough doctors knowledgeable in geriatric medicine who will be able to care for the health related problems of this aging generation? If so, how will we pay for it? We'll look at how the state is preparing for the caring of our state's aging population.


Guests

• Susan Young, Executive Director of the Home Care Association of New Hampshire
• John Poirier, president of the New Hampshire Health Care Association
• Dr. Stephen J Bartels, MD, MS - Professor of Psychiatry and of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Past President of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, and Founding Chair of the Geriatric Mental Health Foundation