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"As a new parent, I’ve had the joy of watching animated cartoons with my
two-year-old son. His favourite show is
Trash Truck, on Netflix, featuring a
tight-knit ensemble of five characters: a trash truck, a young boy, a raccoon,
a bear and a mouse. The show offers valuable life lessons, emphasising the
importance of friendship, sharing, love for animals and respect for parents.
But there’s a problem. The way it portrays the collection of waste grabbed my
attention. It’s simply a matter of gathering mixed waste from bins and
depositing it in a landfill. There’s no sign of any process for sorting or
recycling waste.
This left me pondering why a charming cartoon series with a global audience,
capable of educating the future generation about waste recovery, lacks such
relevant educational content.
I’m a researcher who has studied waste management for the past six years. I
decided to analyse similar series such as
The Stinky and Dirty Show (Amazon
Prime),
BabyBus (YouTube) and
Frank the Garbage Truck (YouTube). A clear
pattern emerged – all show waste simply being dumped.
To make it clear, in one episode of
BabyBus, a song goes:
[Garbage truck sings] Garbage truck yeah yeah, looking for garbage here and
there […] I have a long arm yeah yeah, look what I can do. […] [Two paper
coke cups sing] Big tummy, no no no, it is going to eat me, the trash can is
shaking shaking, I don’t want to go […] [Garbage truck sings] Now off to the
dump […] [Discarded apple sings] No I don’t want to go to the dump […]
[Garbage truck sings] Dirty trash bye bye, smelly trash bye bye.
This episode dropped four years ago on YouTube. It has hit a whopping 109
million views. That shows how powerful these platforms are for reaching
people."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
