waste

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 [|Death by Design] (10-minute online video, released fall 2014) explores how the manufacturing and disposal of digital devices have deadly environmental and social costs. From China, where most devices are made today, to the mountains of California, the hills of New York State, and the high tech corridors of Silicon Valley – the epicenters of tech manufacturing in the 1980s and ‘90s – the film tells underreported stories of environmental degradation and of serious illnesses linked to an industry that relies on the theory and practice of planned obsolescence. What emerges is a look at the interconnectedness of the global manufacturing economy. Made by Sue Williams and colleagues, with support from the MacArthur Foundation.

[|60 Minutes on E-waste](12-minute online video) The journalist starts at a recycling facility in the United States, and then follows the shipping container to Guiyu, China. There, they are pushed around by the mayor for a bit, and then finally gain access to the real facilities where people are melting down the waste. Very well done.

[|Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground](20-minute video with associated content: an interactive map showing how e-waste travels; overview of laws regulating e-waste; a good-recycling guide)

[|The Story of Stuff](20-minute online video) is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the Stuff in your life forever.

[|Where Does our Garbage Go?](10-minute online video ) About a garbage-to-fuel facility and project, put out by the company.

[|Wasteland] (136-minute online film) Academy award nominee for best feature documentary about people working and living in the world's largest garbage dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

[|Trashed: The Story of Garbage, American Style](dvd available for purchase)