InsiderThe film industry has a sustainability problem, and it's massive: The average tentpole production — a film with a budget over $70 million — generates 2,840 tonnes of carbon dioxide, the British Film Institute reported.
Yawger saw raw materials from industry waste transform into items such as tables, outdoor furniture, bowls, and benches.
"It revealed the film industry was the second most polluting behind aerospace," Jennifer Sandoval, the director of service development at Earth Angel, told Insider.
"Plastic and trash are very visible in the film industry, and people can understand why we need to change things," Yawger said.
These changes might help drive a more climate-conscious narrative or simply enable Earth Angel to swap out a character's plastic water bottle for a reusable one.
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British Film Institute, Railroad, University of California, Netflix, United
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