Die Recyclinglüge

What actually happens to our plastic waste once we have chucked it into the recycling bin? Plastic pollution is an ever-growing worldwide problem. Yet, product manufacturers and the waste management industry maintain that they have a solution: recycling. But in actual fact, our plastic waste is still incinerated or buried rather than recycled. This film shows how the oil, packaging and consumer goods industries perpetuate the recycling lie.

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Director: Tom Costello

Tom Costello, born in 1987, is a journalist and filmmaker based in Berlin and London. He studied literature at the University of Oxford. After graduating, he began working as a television writer for the BBC, Channel 4 and Guardian Online in the UK and VICE and ProSieben in Germany. His focus is on more journalistically challenging documentaries.

Germany
2022
75 Min.
German
SUB: English
12
Director: Tom Costello
Script: Tom Costello, Benedict Wermter
Cinematography: Johannes Praus, Philipp Meise
Editing: Carlotta Kittel, Heidrun Schweitzer
Music:
Editor: Christiane Hinz WDR
Producer: a & o buero filmproduktion
Awards: GREEN REPORT 2023
Nominations: GREEN REPORT 2023
Website URL: http://www.a-o-buero.de