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In this April 21, 2014 photo, a worker unloads plastic bottles at Sustainable Recycling Solutions in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The metropolitan region has grown noticeably cleaner since at least four recycling companies began operating in recent years. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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In this April 16, 2014 photo, a worker arranges a sack of plastic bottles at a recycling center in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. With just one landfill in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s trash problem got worse when international aid workers swooped into the country after an earthquake devastated the capital in 2010. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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In this April 17, 2014 photo, Marie Satty, right, digs through the trash alongside the road with other people in search of empty plastic bottles to sell to a recycling center in Carrefour, Haiti. Haiti’s central government collects only about 40 percent of the capital’s garbage, leaving the rest to pile up in streets and gutters, causing flooding when the rainy season comes. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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In this April 16, 2014 photo, Danisa Julien and her sister Darlancia organize plastic bottles by color at a recycling center in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The sisters take their recyclables to one of many kiosks run nationwide by a program called Ranmase Lajan, Haitian Creole for “picking up money.” (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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In this April 21, 2014 photo, a worker labels a bundle of plastic bottles at the Sustainable Recycling Solutions in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The recycling center co-founded by Mike Shinoda of the rock band Linkin park recently received a grant from former President Bill Clinton’s private foundation. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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In this April 17, 2014 photo, Marie Satty, 52, digs through the trash littering the roadside for empty plastic bottles to sell to a recycling center in Carrefour, Haiti. Haiti’s central government collects only about 40 percent of the capital’s garbage, leaving the rest to pile up in streets and gutters, causing flooding when the rainy season comes. But now, through efforts of several entrepreneurial firms, more Haitians are learning how to recycle throwaways for cash. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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In this Sunday, April 27, 2014 photo, residents walk past damage in Mayflower, Ark., after a tornado struck the town. A tornado system ripped through several states in the central U.S. and left more than a dozen dead in a violent start to this year's storm season, officials said. (AP Photo/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Melissa Sue Gerrits) ARKANSAS TIMES OUT; ARKANSAS BUSINESS OUT
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A trail of debris, bottom, leads along the path of a tornado-devastated neighborhood in Vilonia, Ark., Monday, April 28, 2014, after a tornado struck the town late Sunday. The most powerful twister this year carved an 80-mile path of destruction through suburbs north of the state capital of Little Rock, killing at least 16 people. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Two men stand in front of a destroyed house in Mayflower, Ark., Monday, April 28, 2014, after a tornado struck the town late Sunday. A tornado system ripped through several states in the central U.S. and left at least 17 dead in a violent start to this year's storm season, officials said. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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People walk between two destroyed houses in Mayflower, Ark., Monday, April 28, 2014, after a tornado struck the town late Sunday. A tornado system ripped through several states in the central U.S. and left at least 17 dead in a violent start to this year's storm season, officials said. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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People walk between two destroyed houses in Mayflower, Ark., Monday, April 28, 2014, after a tornado struck the town late Sunday. A tornado system ripped through several states in the central U.S. and left at least 17 dead in a violent start to this year's storm season, officials said. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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A tornado's path is seen in an aerial photo made over Baxter Springs, Kan., Monday, April 28, 2014. A tornado damaged dozens of buildings and injured at least 25 people on Sunday. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
