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| List Price: | $19.99 | | Price: | $17.99 | | You Save: | $2.00 (10%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD-R | | Studio: | CustomFlix | | Number of Discs: | | | Release Date: | July 16, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 10,231th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Amazon.com
Trashed is a provocative investigation of one of the fastest growing industries in North America. The garbage business. The film examines a fundamental element of modern American culture...the disposal of what our society defines as "waste." It is an issue influenced by every American, most of whom never consider the consequences. Nor, it seems, the implications to our biosphere. At times humorous, but deeply poignant, "Trashed" examines the American waste stream fast approaching a half billion tons annually. What are the effects all this waste will have on already strained natural resources? Why is so much of it produced? While every American creates almost 5 pounds of it every day, who is affected most? And who wants America to make more? The film analyzes the causes and effects of the seemingly innocuous act of "taking out the garbage" while showcasing the individuals, activists, corporate and advocacy groups working to affect change and reform the current model. "Trashed" is an informative and thought-provoking film everyone interested in the future of sustainability should see.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 8 reviews)
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very sad by Ann M. Gaydosh (Davenport, IA USA)  5 Stars
April 04, 2009
This DVD has stunning visuals, appalling data and a very sad representation of what humans are doing to Earth. It is very real and I highly recommend it, especially for young teens through adults.
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Our Environment by C. Walls (Chicago, IL United States)  3 Stars
October 16, 2008
This vidio was a bit disappointing. Information not real well organized, and limited. Al Gore's was vastly superior. Wish these people would WORK TOGETHER instead of having to do their own thing.
Not recommended.
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Not balanced enough for school use by Thomas R. Wellnitz (Decatur, GA USA) 3 Stars
July 29, 2008
I looked at Trashed for use with high school students who were studying materials use. I was disappointed because the information at the beginning seems out of date. New landfills are much better designed with regards to groundwater pollution and methane recapture than those made 20 or 30 years ago. The production doesn't present much information from someone involved with building a new one. In many states, you can't put yard waste into the landfill anymore, a big point of the composting segment. Students might get more from a video that actually shows how a large recycling system sorts the mixed trash because many people won't sort their trash. Trashed doesn't present much about the largest component of the waste stream, mainly construction debris -- used concrete, roofing materials, mixed wood and gypsum walls, etc. I would have liked more information about the efforts being made in Europe to design products with their eventual reuse or disposal in mind. There has to be more out there than the Interface company which shows up in almost every documentary related to sustainable economies.
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Good, but could have been better.... by JG (Valley Stream, New York USA) 3 Stars
July 14, 2008
The garbage crisis in this country needs more documentaries like 'Trashed' and it brings much needed attention to the problem. That being said, this documentary could have been much better than it was.
The best segments were the ones that focused on the reuse and recycling efforts of companies like Interface and Urban Ore and the individuals living the "freegan" lifestyle of anti-consumption. Unfortunately, the back-to-back interviews with local activists and government officials were tedious and didn't offer much of interest. The politicians they interviewed were predictably evasive and the community activists didn't offer anything other than repetitive preachy soundbites about how awful the current system of landfill dumping is. Neither group contributed anything interesting or useful to the discussion.
This is a good documentary and worth watching once, but it's not the kind of film that you will want to see more than that. It relies too heavily on interviews with corporate spokesmen and community leaders that don't really do more than complain about the problem instead of exploring possible solutions. This film doesn't spend enough time exploring alternatives to landfilling, the segments on recycling and reuse were good but too brief, not to mention the huge areas of the waste management industry that were completely ignored (i.e. waste-to-energy incineration plants, the very lucrative scrap metal industry, collect and reuse schemes commonly seen in Europe).
Overall, this film was good but certainly not great.
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Trashed is a MUST see! by Brian J. Weller (Willits, Ca) 5 Stars
June 01, 2008
We reviewed this movie and are totally sure it must be seen by every American, so much waste, so little time. The landfills are not the answer. Trashed is a great film that tells the story in an engaging way. Could have more solutions, but then we must all begin to create them, and share them - that will be the next video to make.
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