Crapshoot: The Gamble with Our Wastes

Crapshoot: The Gamble with Our Wastes

52 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 2003

A hazardous mix of waste is flushed into the sewer every day. The billions of litres of water - combined with unknown quantities of chemicals, solvents, heavy metals, human waste and food - where does it all go? And what does it do to us? Filmed in Italy, India, Sweden, the United States and Canada, this bold documentary questions our fundamental attitudes to waste. Does our need to dispose of waste take precedence over public safety? What are the alternatives?

Crapshoot: The Gamble with Our Wastes

52 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 2003

Crapshoot: The Gamble with Our Wastes
A hazardous mix of waste is flushed into the sewer every day. The billions of litres of water - combined with unknown quantities of chemicals, solvents, heavy metals, human waste and food - where does it all go? And what does it do to us? Filmed in Italy, India, Sweden, the United States and Canada, this bold documentary questions our fundamental attitudes to waste. Does our need to dispose of waste take precedence over public safety? What are the alternatives?
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Crapshoot: The Gamble with Our Wastes
Directors Jeffrey McKay
Writers Ruth DeGraves, Amanda McConnell

Cast

Ruth DeGraves

as Narrator