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SERIOUS AND FUNNY ...
Videos on Recycling, Reuse, Trash & Waste
This list of serious and funny videos about trash, waste, recycling, and reuse includes videos on container recycling, plastic bottles, plastic recycling, electronic waste.
See the rightmost column for additional categories of videos related to recycling, reuse, trash, and waste reduction.
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WASTE/RECYCLING VIDEOS
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FUTURAMA: E-WASTE DELIVERY
This acidly funny short clip from Futurama offers a hyperbolic jab at how toxic e-waste from rich countries is sent to developing countries (or planets) for recycling. Watch funny e-waste video.
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ROB LITTLE ON CARPOOLING AND PLASTIC BOTTLES
Two videos from funnyman Rob Little that subtly get the point across about choosing new ways to be green. The first video focuses on the pros and cons of carpooling, the second on reducing the use of plastic water bottles. Watch... funny carpooling video ...or... funny plastic bottle video.
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MORE POWERFUL THAN A LOCO-LITTERER... IT’S KAB MAN! — These three witty Flash animations that show us the origins and adventures of litter-fighting superhero "KAB-Man." The site also features a fun little game. From Keep America Beautiful.
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GORILLA IN THE GREENHOUSE
A fun 8-minute animation that entertains as it teaches kids about problems with plastic bags and other plastic trash. The kids do their own investigation of the "plastic problem," and with guidance from a guru gorilla, present solutions kids (and adults!) can be a part of. From SustainLane and FreeRange Graphics. Go there
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RECYCLING ONIONS?
Two funny clips from The Onion on the subject of recycling: "Man Never Met Cardboard Box He Couldn't Flatten" ... and ... "Environment-Friendly Hollywood Achieves 91% Recycled Content." Go to recycling funny audio.
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WASTE/RECYCLING VIDEOS
SERIOUS
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THE STORY OF BOTTLED WATER
An excellent review of the issues surrounding bottled water. The humorous graphics make this animated report easy to swallow! Watch funny bottled water video.
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THE STORY OF ELECTRONICS
The high-tech revolution's collateral damage includes 25 million tons of e-waste (and counting), plus poisoned workers and a public left holding the bill. This good electronic-waste video uses clever graphics to accent its points.
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Videos on General Environmental Issues
Videos on Pollution (water, air, land, general)
Videos on All Topics
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Resources for Recycling, Trash, Waste, Reuse
Resources for Activism
Resources for Pollution (general)
Resources for Green Products
Resources for Housing and Home Life
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Fresh Air
Our Dirty Love Affair With Trash — 26 Apr 2012 — Americans generate more trash than anyone else on the planet---more than 7 pounds per person each day. We like to blame it on underfunded recycling programs, packaging-mad corporate marketers, and lousy products that become trash too soon. But the truth is, it's us---we prefer the convenience of a low-cost, high-trash lifestyle. Edward Humes, author of Garbology, reviews a dumpster-load of the shocking statistics.
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NPR
Process Converts Waste Plastic Into Oil — 19 Mar 2012 — Only 7 percent of plastic waste in the United States is recycled each year. A startup company in Niagara Falls says it can increase that amount and add some domestic oil production back into the US energy mix.
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GroAction
WasteFarmers—Transforming City Food Waste into Compost and Profit — 05 Mar 2012 — John-Paul Maxfield of WasteFarmers explains how he created a thriving business by turning food scraps into soil.
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