The world is (too) full of garbage, and not only garbage that is in bins, garbage dumps and landfills, but also garbage that walks on two legs. And the film Smeti, which takes place in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, has both. It is a heroic story of two friends who work in the scrap yard, and the accidental discovery of a wallet, which can put the scumbag Jose Angel behind bars, sets them on a dangerous adventure.
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It probably doesn't need to be emphasized that Asians impress us every now and then with innovative solutions. Regardless, they stunned the world with their latest idea. Cockroaches were called to help.
Alejandro Duran is an artist who creates colorful landscape art from washed-up trash from more than 50 different countries.
Even the universe is drowning in garbage. The American space agency Nasa is currently tracking around 20,000 pieces of waste materials, spent rocket parts, broken satellites and tons of other waste larger than a tennis ball. All these objects are moving in space at a speed of 27,360 km/h. In addition, we list about 500,000 other pieces of garbage between the size of a tennis ball and a marble. Where does this lead?
Remember hygge and lykke? No, these are not characters from the series, but lifestyle trends from Scandinavia that have taken the world by storm in recent years. Denmark is famous as the country of the happiest people in the world, so it is not surprising that many have decided to look for the secret of a happy life there.
Pollution is a global problem, so it is convenient to place the bulk of the blame on the big polluters. But as always, one must first sweep in front of one's own doorstep. Admittedly, we diligently separate the waste, thus treating only the symptoms, while the disease - quantity - remains, as shown by the photo series "7 Days of Garbage" by Gregg Segal.
In cooperation with the Institute of Chemistry and Cinema Šiška, the Society Ecologists Without Borders is organizing a screening of the documentary film Garbage with a Round Table.
Throwing trash in the bin is not an overly fun activity, but playing Tetris is. TetraBin is an interactive trash bin that turns something as mundane as putting trash in the bin into a fun one. It is dressed in LED diodes, which not only visually attracts passers-by, but also invites them to play Tetris with the help of garbage.