| PRODUCTION OF PLASTIC FOR DVD'S | |||||
| Year | # Of DVDs with Cases Produced | Weight Of Plastic (grams) | Weight (LBS) | Gallons Of Water Used (2.4 gal/lb) | % Change |
| 2005 | 1,200,000,000 | 97,200,000,000 | 214,289,319 | 514,294,365 | |
| 2007 | 2,414,200,000 | 195,550,200,000 | 431,114,394 | 1,034,674,546 | 101.18% |
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
It's True: Hollywood Secretly Hates The Environment
In a reprise of my earlier post Peon Pulpit Tips To Save The Environment I thought it might be good to see what the movie industry has done to curb their oil burning, tree cutting behavior in pursuit of the almighty dollar. As I noted in my earlier post, the DVD industry produced approximately 214,289,319 lbs of plastic in 2005. We now have new numbers for 2007. In 2007, Hollywood produced 431,114,394 lbs of plastic! Hollywood has increased their plastic dumping by more than 100% in just TWO YEARS!!! That's 195, 550 metric tons. An average car weighs about 1 metric ton, so imagine the weight of 195,550 cars and you have an idea of how much plastic Hollywood produces. So much for the love.
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Is it "dumping" if it is sitting on my shelf? What you need to do, is tell people how to recycle or otherwise dispose of their unwanted DVDs to avoid the ultimate dumping. Come on Sub, be a part of the solution. For example, why not tell folks to use a Nalgene bottle when working out and refill it instead of opening a new Aquafina? Wait a minute.....
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