{"id":14221,"date":"2012-02-23T15:52:35","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T21:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=14221"},"modified":"2012-02-23T15:52:35","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T21:52:35","slug":"throwaway-society-film-trashe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/throwaway-society-film-trashe\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Problems with Being a Throwaway Society (Film)"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Where does trash really go? A common misconception is that if we simply throw something away, then it will magically go to a place where we can forget about it forever. However, acting out of convenience and without consideration for the bigger environmental picture (and for our future), we have contributed to a throwaway culture<\/a> in America. The SnagFilms<\/a> documentary\u00a0Trashed<\/a><\/em>\u00a0illuminates five major ways in which the seemingly trivial act of throwing away garbage has much more profound environmental and societal implications.<\/p>\n These problems are addressed in the SnagFilms<\/a> documentary Trashed<\/a>, <\/em>and the film aspires to inform the general public about the importance of sustainable waste disposal. <\/em>The lack of education regarding consumption and the effects of consumption has led to an enormous societal problem and environmental threat. Trashed<\/a><\/em> teaches us that while there may be no individual solution, as a collective, movements, whether they are economic or social, can help to chip away at our throwaway culture.<\/p>\n\n