Waste Not (2011)
• January 1st, 2011 • 0h 26min
Documentary
Overview
Waste Not is a film about where your garbage goes, who sorts it for you, and what it is worth if it isn't just tossed into landfill. It's easier and cheaper to retrieve gold from old computers for instance, than to dig it up. Organics can be used to create fertiliser and green electricity and yet each Australian sends half a tonne of food waste to landfill each year where it is contaminated with chemicals and e-waste. We recycle only 50% of all our waste. There is an alternative to environmental apocalypse and we don't have to wait for the politicians to make it happen. All we really need to do is be creative and use our imaginations to turn this waste into wealth again. Waste Not talks to scientists, workers at waste depots, environment campaigners, gardeners and even a famous chef about how easy it is to save the planet by simply recycling properly.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Food Evolution
Released on: 2017-06-23
Documentary
As society tackles the problem of feeding our expanding population safely and sustainably, a schism ...
Plastic China
Released on: 2017-01-20
Documentary
This film tells a story about an unschooled 11-year-old girl Yi-Jie, she's a truly global child who ...
Econoshock 2.0
Released on: 2013-09-04
Documentary
Documentary about the six shocks that will change the world
Manufactured Landscapes
Released on: 2006-09-09
Documentary
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edw...
CA. CA. (Cannibal Carnival)
Released on: 2023-05-20
Documentary
A festival of digestion on many scales, from planetary to microbial.
The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
Released on: 2004-01-12
Documentary
Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has p...
Post New Bills: The Story of Green Patriot Posters
Released on: 2014-01-17
Documentary
A short documentary illustrating how art can influence public perception towards environmental issue...
The Gateway Bug
Released on: 2017-05-20
Documentary
Over 2 billion people on earth eat insects for protein. The Gateway Bug explores how changing daily ...
The High Cost of Cheap Gas
Released on: 2015-01-01
Documentary
The environmental problems caused by fracking in America have been well publicized but what's less k...
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
Released on: 2002-04-22
Documentary
Examines the global fisheries crisis and the forces pushing many marine fish stocks toward commercia...
The End of the Line
Released on: 2009-06-12
Documentary
Examines the devastating effect that overfishing has had on the world's fish populations and argues ...
Message on a Bottle
Released on:
Documentary
Mini-documentary about a man on a mission: to get rid of all the plastic in the oceans. To raise awa...
Smartcity
Released on: 2023-06-10
Documentary
Houcine is a 64-year-old rag and bone amongst hundreds of them in Casablanca and whose valuable work...
Wagon21
Released on: 2018-03-10
Documentary
Maura is a black woman, mother of 7 children and recyclable material collector in one of the largest...
The Yes Men
Released on: 2003-09-07
Comedy, Documentary
A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they ga...