How many trees died to make the paper to animate this movie?
shareand I bought it today for a measly six dollars - however, I'll have you know that there is a large "recycle" symbol inscribed inside the case.
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That's good... but did they re-recycle the paper after making copies of the movie on film?
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At least some studios are getting better about "green"[er] packaging over the past 5 or so years, at least for some of their franchises. Fox (whose animation division made Ferngully) is no stranger to this. Their Futurama releases have been eco-friendly/carbon-neutral and whatnot, cardboard/sturdy paper cases and disc holders (though many customers complain now, due to the boxes getting squished more easily/feeling cheap and the DVDs being less protected. With blu-rays, it matters less at least, since they're much more scratch-resistant). Even with shows and films that're still put out in plastic containers, they've been decreasing in size more and more.
As we move more and more toward digital-download-only (I don't buy DVDs anymore and purposefully resisted getting a PS3 or blu-ray player so that I wouldn't keep it up with the useless material goods trend of buying entertainment on pieces of metal and plastic-wrapped-in-more-plastic), the problem is sort of going away. The increase in electricity use due to everyone downloading will replace the package/physical-format waste somewhat, but if renewable energy increases, it'll be far less polluting. If everyone put a buncha solar panels on their roof, it'd pretty much take care of the problem (as they come down in cost, this becomes more and more affordable for the average homeowner--and apartments/condos should get on this in droves as well--but even while it's still relatively expensive, we should get on board since it'll pay for itself in time anyway and who can argue with free energy from the sky as opposed to paying hydro and gas so much).
Once folks're done with their Ferngully (or any other) DVDs, at least they can recycle every single part of it (except maybe that initial cellophane wrapping from when it's new, not sure if that's recyclable--so buy used instead to discourage the studios/distributors/manufacturers from printing/molding more copies). The paper cover artwork and insert/scene selection guide, the DVD, the case...
Lmaogasm!
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