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Espèces d'ordures

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First Aired:April 18, 2023
Seasons:2 seasons
Episodes:16
Status:Returning Series

In ten of the world’s largest cities on five continents, host Frédéric Choinière showcases the greenest, most cutting-edge, and most effective intitiatives for controling waste.

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Frédéric Choinière

Frédéric Choinière

Self - Host

Seasons

New York

E1New York

48m

Apr 18, 2023

In New York, several municipal, corporate, and citizen initiatives are trying to make a difference by recovering, recycling, and cleaning up the city before it collapses under its weight.

Brussels

E2Brussels

48m

Apr 25, 2023

With its waste sorting system, its plant-based rafts to clean canal water, and its hair recycling, Brussels is among the top performers on the European continent when it comes to waste management.

London

E3London

48m

May 2, 2023

London recycles barely 40% of the approximately 7 million tons of waste produced annually by its residents and businesses. The rest goes to landfill... until there's no more room, which will likely happen by 2026.

Fez

E4Fez

48m

May 9, 2023

Fez is facing major challenges in waste management and recovery. A green transition is emerging to clean water, develop cleaner transportation, not to mention eco-crafts and 21st-century tanneries.

Seattle

E5Seattle

48m

May 16, 2023

Seattle aims to achieve zero waste by 2030 and is multiplying its initiatives to maximize its chances. From a unique underground composting center to carbon fiber recycling, Seattle is showing creativity!

Singapore

E6Singapore

48m

May 23, 2023

Singapore's only landfill will reach full capacity in 2035. Fortunately, several initiatives have been put forward to recover electronic waste, recycle chopsticks into furniture, and invent edible cutlery.

Rio de Janeiro

E7Rio de Janeiro

48m

May 30, 2023

The city of Rio holds the sad record for daily waste production in South America. But fortunately, committed citizens, surfers, and businesses are innovating to help the city change its environmental destiny.

Tokyo

E8Tokyo

48m

Jun 6, 2023

The city of Tokyo can count on its citizens when it comes to cleaning up, sorting, and collecting waste. From street samurai to school students to high-speed rail employees, a collective effort is made every day.

Ottawa

E9Ottawa

48m

Jun 13, 2023

Canada's capital has a reputation for being quiet and sometimes boring. However, a closer look at the state of garbage management reveals a range of original initiatives that make a difference.

Venice

E10Venice

48m

Jun 20, 2023

In Venice, garbage collection is a major challenge given its maze of streets, alleys, and canals. Fortunately, the Venetians have developed several original strategies and initiatives to clean up and beautify the city.

Paris

E1Paris

48m

Apr 22, 2025

Paris is innovating with various programs against food waste, including solidarity restaurants. Cigarette butt recycling and underground pneumatic collection in Vitry-sur-Seine are other examples of Parisian innovation.

Las Vegas

E2Las Vegas

48m

Apr 29, 2025

Las Vegas generates a huge amount of waste. Several initiatives are helping to keep the gambling capital clean and reduce its environmental impact: the recovery of buffet food and the recycling of old neon signs.

Dakar

E3Dakar

48m

May 6, 2025

Dakar generates a huge amount of waste. From recovering waste from its immense seaside dump to reusing plastic waste to make bricks, several initiatives help keep the city relatively clean.

Honolulu

E4Honolulu

48m

May 13, 2025

The island of Oahu and the Hawaiian capital, Honolulu, are full of examples of creativity in managing residual materials. A real challenge in an island context, especially as the continent of plastic drifts toward the archipelago.

Montreal

E5Montreal

48m

May 20, 2025

From its immense wastewater treatment plant to the recycling of bricks for construction, and hospital waste that contributes to the comfort of animals, Montreal lives up to its reputation as a creative hub!

E6Episode 6

May 27, 2025

Storyline

In ten of the world’s largest cities on five continents, host Frédéric Choinière showcases the greenest, most cutting-edge, and most effective intitiatives for controling waste.

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