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Recycle Paper?

1999 4 min
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This short film depicts what happens to all that paper we put in our recycling boxes.

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  • How Do They...?
    How Do They...?
    1997 8 films
    Everybody loves a good "how-to" film. Here we've assembled a selection of short films demonstrating how to do everything from getting the centres in chocolates to recycling paper.

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This short film depicts what happens to all that paper we put in our recycling boxes.
  • director
    Winston Washington Moxam
  • camera
    Owen Jin
  • location sound
    Greg Nosaty
    Saul Henteleff
    C. Dwayne Crowe
  • editor
    Greg Nosaty
  • sound editor
    Saul Henteleff
  • online editor
    Tony Wytinck
  • sound mixer
    Bruce Little
  • production assistant
    Rolande Petit
    Melanie Coad
  • series conceived by
    Don White
  • production supervisor
    Scott Collins
  • program administrator
    Cyndi Forcand
  • producer
    Jennifer Torrance
  • executive producer
    Svend-Erik Eriksen

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Education

Ages 9 to 14
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Pre-screening: Discuss how machines have been developed to make our lives easier. Have students discuss the part of the paper-making process they found most intriguing. Have students comment on the reasons why we need to recycle paper. Have students suggest some products they would like to know more about, in terms of how they are made.
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