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Environmental Innovations in Rio de Janeiro: Harnessing Waste for Energy and Advancements in Biodiesel
This video highlights the innovative environmental schemes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The city is harnessing methane gas from landfills to generate electricity, potentially avoiding an energy crisis. Additionally, recycling is being used...
Financial Times
Can we stop wind turbine blades ending up in landfill?
FT Rethink - About 85 per cent of a wind turbine can be recycled effectively, but the blades cannot because they’re made largely from a composite of epoxy resin and glass or carbon fibre that’s incredibly difficult to break down. Now...
Curated Video
GCSE Chemistry - Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) #73
This video covers: - The 4 stages of a life-cycle assessment - A comparison of plastic vs paper bags - The difficulties of measuring LCAs - Bias in LCAs This video is suitable for: - Higher and Foundation tiers - All exam boards - Triple...
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Water Pods
The video titled “Water Pods” is an infomercial that illustrates the need for an alternative to plastic bottles and discusses a possible solution.
Learning Mole
I WONDER - Are There Any Problems With Landfills?
This video is answering the question of are there any problems with landfills.
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I WONDER - How Much Of Our Waste Goes To Landfill?
This video is answering the question of how much of our waste goes to landfill.
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Recycle It
A video entitled “Recycle It” describes ways to protect the environment by recycling items.
Curated Video
Pollution in Your Community
“Pollution in Your Community” explores types of land, water, and air pollution.
Schooling Online
Lucy Walker's Waste Land - Overall Plot Summary
Can art really change people’s lives? Join us as we follow Vik Muniz’s artistic adventure into Brazil’s biggest dumpsite - Jardim Gramacho. There he will engage the help of several ‘catadores’ (recyclable material pickers) to make big,...
Schooling Online
Lucy Walker's Waste Land - Part 3 Summary
After the shocking crime at the headquarters for the Association of Pickers, the catadores’ spirits are lifted by their amazing progress in the studio. But the hour of truth is approaching: how much will the portraits sell for? Vik...
Schooling Online
Lucy Walker's Waste Land - Part 2 Summary
Vik and Fabio select their portrait candidates from among the catadores. Inspiration for the project starts to flow as the catadores embrace the process. When Vik gathers the catadores in his studio, the teamwork begins and a masterpiece...
Schooling Online
Lucy Walker's Waste Land - Part 1 Summary
Brazilian-born artist Vik Muniz has made it big in the US. Now he’s returning to Brazil for his next project: a portrait series using garbage. Watch as Vik enters Brazil’s biggest landfill and meets the people who work there: the...
Schooling Online
Lucy Walker's Waste Land - Context
How did a British filmmaker fall in love with landfills? Waste Land is Lucy Walker’s love letter to Brazil’s most resourceful people - the catadores. Join us to find out what inspired her and how she linked up with Brazilian artist Vik...
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Can I Recycle?
This video is answering the question of how can I recycle.
Curated Video
Universal Recycling Law Keeps Food from Landfills
A new law in Vermont has created an opportunity. This law requires institutions to avoid sending lots of food waste to landfills. Now, much of the food that would have been thrown away is being donated to hungry local residents instead....
NPR
The Challenges of Creating a Recyclable K-Cup
Vermont-based Keurig Green Mountain, a coffee company, makes K-cup pods for single coffee servings. They are now trying to solve the problem of the waste created by these pods. The hot beverage machines are so popular they have created a...
Curated Video
The Problems with the Use and Disposal of Polymers
This video discusses the problems associated with the use and disposal of synthetic polymers. The video also discusses the challenge of disposing of non-biodegradable synthetic polymers, which can take hundreds of years to fully decay....
The Wall Street Journal
Our Mountain Of Waste
Wealthy societies disproportionately waste food. If that isn't a moral issue, it certainly is a financial one. What can be done?
Restoration Planet
Ep. 2 Williams Lake, British Columbia: Talking Trash
What can we do to save our planet? Our friends Mary and Oliver suggest that we compost! This colourful, entertaining duo puts everything they have into educating the public on reducing, reusing, recycling, and composting. A big part of...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Waste, Packaging, Recycling & Compost Case Studies
Case studies of companies saving money through reducing waste and packaging as well as implementing recycling and composting programs
Curated Video
Five Facts - Glass Recycling
This video explores five fun facts about glass recycling.
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Five Facts - Plastic Pollution
This video explores five fun facts about plastic pollution.