“Food = Waste” (2006) – Review #30

The recent films we have been reviewing; “Collapse”, “The World According to Monstanto” and “Death of Suburbia” all deal with the end of the infinite growth paradigm. And while films such as “Food Inc.” shows some light at the end of the tunnel for food production, the Dutch film “Food = Waste” flips on a 10kw spotlight for industrial production.

Michael Braungart, a chemist, and William McDonough, an architect, have come up with a new method for production. Their philosophy is easy to understand: the waste of one cycle of production should feed the next cycle of production. Who couldn’t have thought of that? What makes this super-team different is that they got Ford, Nike and China (!) to listen to their ideas.

In the realm of save-the-plant documentaries, this is one of the most enlightened and inspiring you’ll find. Enjoy:

Official site (Dutch) / Icarus films
Directed by: Rob van Hattum