This color educational film is about the problems with Trash and it is called: THE TROUBLE WITH TRASH. Its motive is pushing for sanitary landfills NOW. There is no copyright at the beginning or end of the film so the date of the production remains unclear but due to things mentioned its the late 1960s, either 1966 or 1967.

Title card: A Caterpillar presentation and then images of lush snow, deserts, fields, nice looking areas followed by a polluted wasteland of debris and fire (these images are intercut a few times) (:07-:59) Our host starts talking about pollution. Followed by everyday people talking about how we need to care about our environment. Junk, trash, refuse is shown. Large areas of trash are shown (1:00-2:29). Trash men fill a truck. A guy throes trash off the side of the highway. A bulldozer pushes trash heaps over. Where to put it all? (2:30-2:41) Opening title: THE TROUBLE WITH TRASH (2:42-2:46). Title card: A Calvin Production. Our host talks about trash. Where can trash be thrown? Trash dumps breed rats and flies and disease. Burning trash is being discontinued in most areas (2:47-4:14). Getting rid of single use containers is one way of treating the trash problem. Converting solid waste into a semi-liquid to be piped out of a city. An artist drawing is shown for how (4:15-5:56). The city of Chicago is experimenting with a machine that packages solid waste into smaller portions. Madison, WI is experimenting with shredding machines (5:57-7:15) Recycling is an option. Houston, TX is working to recycle. Break apart the waste and see what parts can be used again in some fashion. Separation of trash is shown. Paper, plastics. Plastics are the biggest problem (7:16-8:58). Some ideas are a little ridiculous. There seems to be 2 ways to deal with it: burn it or bury it. Chicago burns a lot of it in an incinerator plant. The way it happens is explained and shown in detail as well as the cost (8:59-11:26). Proper pollution control devices are discussed. Burying trash is discussed. Richard Eldredge, former director of training of the Bureau of Solid Waste Management for the US Public heath service is now a private consultant and talks about burying trash and what is wrong or right with it. He then shows a picture of how it is done. Live action footage of a bulldozer is then shown and we see how it’s done with live action. Sanitary landfills are discussed by Richard (11:27-15:26). A sanitary landfill if properly created might work. Richard Eldredge speaks again about gas coming from solid waste underground. Hamilton, OH has landfills with things built over it. Parts of Miami of Ohio University have buildings over a landfill as does a paper company but when they wanted to build in a populated area of town, there was a pushback. Residents speak about their opposition. The public works director speaks about it and what they did to prevent problems from arising from it (15:26-19:53). In Chicago, sanitary landfills are being made and public relation officials speak to residents and explain everything when asked. John Larken, a sanitation company official speaks. Footage of the trench method is shown (19:54-21:52). Ft Worth, TX in 1966 was forced to change its method due to inefficient incinerators. They decided to do a sanitary landfill. They now have 5 landfills. There was opposition initially but it worked out when explained. No odor, no flies (21:53-25:42). There are ways to deal with trash troubles. Landfills seem to be the best option right now. Experts give their opinions (25:42-27:00) For most communities, the options are: sanitary landfills or open dumps. The choice must be made now. America must remain livable (27:01-27:41) End credit: A public service presentation from Caterpillar(27:41-27:46).

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