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A movie by young people for young people will screen in Matakana on April 5.
For The Blue is a documentary by Project Blue, a group of ocean enthusiasts from Aotearoa, who travelled the globe to investigate the world’s plastic waste crisis.
Surprisingly to them, they found themselves back in clean, green New Zealand experiencing the effects of the global plastic epidemic in their own backyard.
During their visit to a once pristine area in the South Island, they found plastic trash strewn across the land after the Fox River, on the West Coast, breached a closed landfill on its banks.
The plastic trash had spread across otherwise untouched landscapes including a marine reserve and unmodified wetlands.
A spokesperson for the film says that when Kiwis throw something ‘away’ or put it in the recycling bin, their minds do not think about where that ‘away’ is.
“More often than not our ‘away’ is either to a landfill or to another country, with inadequate infrastructure to manage domestic waste – let alone our nation’s waste as well,” they say.
“As a result, plastic materials are dumped, burned, or buried – each with their own devastating consequences. If we can educate both producers and consumers to rely less on plastic in the first place, the flow on effects for a sustainable future will be invaluable.”
A Project Blue representative will facilitate a discussion and answer questions at the conclusion of the film in Matakana. There will also be an opportunity sign up for a ‘call to action’ promise in the foyer – choose either a town or beach to clean up, stop using single-use coffee cups, stop buying plastic bottled water, or all three.
The screening is being organised by Mahurangi Wastebusters and the film starts at 6pm.
