First trailer for our documentary is here!
more about “Day 235: Documentary Trailer“, posted with vodpod
We filmed our year our trying to live consumer and waste-free and are now editing (ok, we’re still filming some interviews and loose ends) a documentary film tentatively called
Taking out the Trash: the Clean Bin Project
We hope to have a finished film in the spring of 2010. In the meantime, we’re doing a few speaking events and spreading the word about how easy it is to reduce the amount of trash we all produce. Stay tuned for updates.
30 Comments
February 25, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Wow, I am so impressed with this movie. You guys are really doing a great thing here. I can’t wait to see the final product. I like the part about how it used to be crazy to see someone smoke inside, and maybe that is the same thought change that could happen here. That is brilliant! I definitely think something like that could happen. Let me know when you guys are finished with the film. I have many classmates who would love to see it.
Katelyn
February 27, 2009 at 8:11 am
Thanks for the comments. I really like the smoking analogy too. It’s like littering. It used to be normal and now it’s socially unacceptable. I hope not recycling becomes the same.
March 7, 2009 at 6:32 pm
[...] the process of this project (they are on day 251now) they have been filming a documentary called Taking out the Trash: the Clean Bin Project. I highly suggest you watch it, its very very [...]
March 24, 2009 at 7:56 pm
[...] more appropriately, it seems extreme now. The trailer below from The Clean Bin Project site challenges the waste-generating status quo. As it says on their site: The goal is zero [...]
April 8, 2009 at 7:50 am
Wow! What you guys are doing is amazing. It’s exactly the kind of thing everyone will need to do for our region to get anywhere close to zero waste.
I work for Metro Vancouver (formerly called the Greater Vancouver Regional District), who are currently asking the public just how much waste we as a region should be diverting. Here’s a link to the consultation sched if you’re interested. http://www.metrovancouver.org/REGION/PUBLICCONSULTATIONS/Pages/default.aspx
Also, we’ve developed a web-based tool to help connect people with opportunities to donate (reuse) and recycle materials they no longer want, diverting them from the dump … http://www.metrovancouver.org/MetroVancouverRecycles … if you like this tool it would be great if you shared the link with your blog subscribers.
I look forward to learning more about the real-life barriers and showstoppers you encounter in your efforts to truly achieve zero waste.
Sincerely,
Peter
April 8, 2009 at 10:37 am
Awesome, touching, moving video. Keep up the good work. You have inspired myself and my family to cut down on waste. We have also decided to not spend any money on anything except if absolutely necessary. Thank you!
April 14, 2009 at 2:28 pm
I just watched the trailer for your movie, and I am so excited to see the end result. I think that this is an important project not just for people of our generation (we who grew up with the three R’s drilled into us from the beginning), but also for my parent’s generation who, in many cases, seem to find the act of reusing, recycling, composting etc…too time consuming, and dirty.
Thanks for taking on the task of producing zero waste, and more so, for taking the initiative to film and write about your experiences.
Lauren
April 21, 2009 at 6:53 am
wow…you guys are amazing….I’m totally inspired! I saw the article in the MEC magazine and now I just can’t stop reading your blog. Can’t wait to see the finished film too!!
May 4, 2009 at 9:24 pm
This looks GREAT! Can’t wait for the finished product!!
May 4, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I saw you in the MEC magazine too, and I am so excited to see your project! It’s inspiring! I recycle, but you take it to the next level. I’m excited to follow your progress!
May 5, 2009 at 5:32 am
You had a really great idea! I’m from Quebec province and I heard about what you were doing in the MEC catalogue. I truly believe your film should be seen on TV or in theater. I imagine the reactions of companies if many people ask to get their stuff without packaging!!! Really cool!!!your work has an influence on many others, and that will eventually make a big difference. Thank you! You made my day…:-))
I’ll definitly post a link in my blog to yours!
May 28, 2009 at 12:45 pm
SO inspiring!!!
May 30, 2009 at 12:11 pm
[...] it on (because I probably wouldn’t survive), I’m more anxious (excited-wise) to see their documentary about the whole ordeal. I especially like the bit in the preview where the girl, Jen I presume, [...]
June 1, 2009 at 9:47 am
Wow, great trailer. I am really interested in watching the documentary, when do you plan to release that?
It is interesting, you said on the video that you remember a time when you would have just tossed your McDonald trash out the window. We have been doing a lot of hiking since spring finally arrived. On many of the trails that are more accessable, we have found so much fast food garbage. It is so sad to see so much of this waste in our back country:(
I think society has quite a ways to go still, but it is efforts like yours, being shared and shared, that will aid in making the shift to a more contiencious society.
Thank you for this great work!
Jeromy
June 1, 2009 at 11:35 am
Jermony- We’re hoping to have the trailer done by the spring (2010), but it all depends on how much filming we get done in the next two months! I do agree that our society has a ways to go, but I’ve also seen how fast people can change. (who are these people who eat fast food in the back country anyway?)
Thanks for the support!
June 3, 2009 at 2:21 am
Thanks to both of you for this great project. Hopefully it will make its way to Ottawa!
And you are making a difference. Just this past weekend I found myself walking through a huge grocery store, loudly ranting to my husband about how I didn’t want “shrink-wrapped mushrooms!” We regularly confuse cashiers by using reusable mesh bags or reusing plastic bags for produce and bulk foods, and my husband is trying to work out a way to reuse the shipping packaging we already have to add insulation to the house (not sure about that one yet
).
Keep up the excellent work!
June 9, 2009 at 7:02 pm
I love a good grocery store rant. And, yes, I know what you mean confusing cashiers (“this is actually bulk oats, not raisins, I’m just reusing the bag”). At the end of the pproject I’m going to buy a whole set of reusable mesh bags, so the cashiers can see what’s in there (also reusing the plastic ones can get a bit smelling if you don’t dry them out properly).
I’m not sure about the insulating capacity of shipping packaging, but let me know if it works out. Thanks for the support!
June 12, 2009 at 11:23 am
So glad to see Vancouverites taking a stand on this issue. This is the wake-up call that our society needs! Kudos.
June 16, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I can’t wait to see your completed film. I hope you do a tour across Canada to help promote a waste free living. So what do you plan to do once the year is up? Any encores coming?
June 18, 2009 at 10:29 am
We going to cycle across Canada showing the film in the summer of 2010, assuming we finish it in that time!
June 19, 2009 at 1:15 pm
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June 23, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Meet you both at the RCBC Conference in Whistler and was both amazed and inspired by your project. I can’t wait to see the final film, and would love to plan to show it to by colleagues during National Waste Reduction Week in Canada.
Keep up the amazing work. And to Jen, that grocery shopping experience, I’ve been there many many times, just waiting for the courage to say something….
June 24, 2009 at 11:54 am
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July 19, 2009 at 9:35 pm
[...] Can you imagine going a whole year without purchasing anything except the absolute necessities? Well, believe it or not, Jen, Grant and Rhyannon did just that http://cleanbinproject.com/theproject/and the great part is they documented their year and are in the process of packaging it into a film. You can see the trailer here: http://cleanbinproject.com/the-film/ [...]
July 23, 2009 at 7:26 am
Hi Jen,
What is the expected release date of the film? Looking forward to seeing it!
August 8, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Mark -Uh, we’re working on it. I’m officially saying “next year sometime” to be safe. Grant gets really busy in teh summer with other film and music projects, so the doc is on hold for a bit. Don’t worry – we’ll come through in the end!
Gayle – I second your recommendation. We relly liked that film and hope that our film will be able to resonate with audiences as well as that one did. That is awesome that your church has a green team! Nice work!
July 31, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I just heard about your project – awesome! I’ve been trying to curtail garbage for a good 20 years (3 Rs, compost, etc.) and encourage my family to do likewise. I look forward to hearing about your documentary. As chair of my church’s Green Team, we will definitely show the movie when it comes out. I encourage everyone to also see “Addicted to Plastic”.
August 11, 2009 at 8:51 pm
[...] A couple of months back, I read about the Clean Bin Project. It’s finished now, and here comes the documentary: [...]
September 5, 2009 at 1:42 am
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October 20, 2009 at 5:28 am
Yay! It IS worth it – because you inspire others to follow