Up to Our Necks: The Garbage Problem

Duration: 25

Year Published: 1969

Creator: National Broadcasting Corporation

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Focuses on the new and increasing problem of solid waste disposal in New York City, emphasizing the inadequacy of present facilities and pointing out that an effective sanitation program when developed would take ten years to implement. Surveys what is and is not being done regarding short- long-term solutions. Notes that our economy adds to the problem by obsolescence in packaging innovations, that present technology and methods are inadequate, and that the problem will be solved only when current disposal methods are updated through increased financial investment in this area.

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