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English Title: Aahvan
Original Title: Aahvan
Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1996
Language: Hindi
Duration: 133 min
Format: 35 mm
Subject Focus: Anna Hazare and his work on watershed
and waste conservation management
Synopsis: The film documents the life and works of Anna
Hazare, the well-known political-social activist of
Maharashtra. It demonstrates how he, against all odds,
transformed the village of Ralegaon into an oasis.
Producer: Films Division
Contact Details:
Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting,
Government of India
24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026
P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633
F: 022-23515308, 23511008
E: filmsd@bom4.vsnl.net.in
W: www.filmsdivision.org
English Title: Abattoir Waste in Hapur
Language: English
Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Abattoir waste and an initiative to
recycle it
Synopsis: The operation of slaughter houses generates
an enormous amount of waste, which ends up
contaminating the soil and groundwater. This was the
situation in Hapur, a bustling town in Uttar Pradesh, till
local residents decided to do something about it. They
joined hands with the divisional forest department in an
initiative to recycle the organic waste into manure.
Producer: Development Alternatives
Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Anak Hilang (The Lost Child)
Language: English, Indonesian
Duration: 75 min
Format: DVD
Subject Focus: Urban poverty and livelihood
Synopsis: Basri is 12 years old and lives with his family
in a kampong — a shanty town — built on stilts over an
estuary in Jakarta, Indonesia. Blocked off by urban
development, the estuary has become choked with
sewage, plastic refuse and other debris. Depressed by
his mother’s death at the hands of a hit-and-run driver
and frustrated by life in the kampong, Basri leaves his
father and runs away from home. He dreams of becoming
a musician and joins a group of street magicians, hoping
that his new skills will provide a means of changing his
fate. But, he discovers, hope for the future lies in family
solidarity and facing the truth.
Director: Slamet Rahardjo Djarot
Producer: Slamet Rahardjo Djarot
Production Company: John Hopkins University
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Bio-medical Waste — Problems and
Solutions
Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2001
Duration: 11 min 2 sec
Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Bio-medical waste
Synopsis: The programme intends to create awareness
about the proper management and disposal of bio-medical
waste. In the process, it answers questions like what
constitutes bio-medical waste and how the various
components are separated.
Production Company: EHYD
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Bio-waste Management – A Silent
Revolution
Original Title: Jaiva Malin Ya Samskaranam – Oru
Misabda Viplavam
Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004
Language: Malayalam (with English subtitles)
Duration: 25 min
Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Involvement of local bodies in bio-waste
management
English Title: City Sewage Treatment
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990
Duration: 12 min
Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Urban sewage treatment
Synopsis: This programme attempts to explain the
process of managing city sewage and its treatment.
Production Company: EPUN

Synopsis: A silent revolution is sweeping through Kerala Contact Details:

in the field of bio-waste management. Local bodies are Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
coming forward to manage waste through decentralized NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
methods. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org

Director: Sree Krishnan K. P.

Producer: Co-operative Hospital Kakanadu
English Title: Clean Up Kodagu
Contact Details:
Sree Krishnan K. P. Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995
SNRA-102-A, Soorya Nagar, Kachami P. O. Trivandrum
Language: English
Kerala
P: 0471-5574195; M: 09847984732 Duration: 13 min

Subject Focus: Clean-up campaign undertaken by school

children in Kodagu
English Title: Ceeing Green: Ceeing Clean
Synopsis: The film depicts the efforts of school children
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 of Kodagu in Karnataka to clean up their district — by
Language: English managing the waste generated in the district.
Duration: 27 min
Director: Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
Subject Focus: Environmental awareness and
management of solid waste in Bangalore Contact Details:
CEE Delhi
Synopsis: The film documents a successful Centre for Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
Environment Education (CEE) pilot project: using effective D-35, South Extension – II, New Delhi 110 049
P: 011-26262878, F: 011-26497050
low-cost scientific technology to handle and dispose
E: ceedelhi@ceeindia.org
garbage in a city. In Bangalore, garbage is segregated W: ceeindia.org
into biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes. The
biodegradable waste is put into pits and converted into
manure using very simple low-cost techniques. The
manure is sold to residents for use in their gardens. The
non-biodegradable waste is sold to recyclers. In addition
to other benefits, the project has created jobs for
unemployed young people.

Director: Centre for Environment Education (CEE)

Contact Details:
CEE Delhi
Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
D-35, South Extension – II, New Delhi 110 049
P: 011-26262878, F: 011-26497050
E: ceedelhi@ceeindia.org
W: ceeindia.org

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English Title: Cute Bunny
Original Title: Cute Bunny
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002
Language: No spoken language
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Format: Digital beta
Subject Focus: Basic civic sense and cleanliness
Synopsis: The film is about basic civic sense and
responsibility towards your environment. Its protagonist,
Cute Bunny, eats a banana and throws the peel on the
road even though he sees a litter bin. But he himself steps
on the peel and falls down, and realizes his mistake.
Awards Received by the Film: ‘Jury Special Mention
Award’, CMS VATAVARAN 2005
Director: Dhimant Vyas
Producer: P. Jayakumar
Production Company: Toonz Animation India Pvt. Ltd
Contact Details:
P. Jayakumar
Toonz Animation India Pvt. Ltd., 731-739, Nila Technopark
Campus, Trivandrum 695 081, Kerala
P: 0471-2700928/29; M: 098461 37017 F: 0471-2700954
E: jaya@toonzanimationindia.com
W: www.toonzanimationindia.com
English Title: Dirty Business: Basant Lok Jagriti
Committee
Language: English
Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: A local initiative towards a clean
environment
Synopsis: Located in south-west Delhi, the Basant Lok
business complex used to be a dirty and disgusting place.
The picture is somewhat different today with the formation
of Basant Lok Jagriti Committee, which aims to improve
the immediate environment of the complex with
participation from all the offices in the vicinity.
Producer: Development Alternatives
Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Don’t be Dirty Fellow
Original Title: Don’t be Dirty Fellow
Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005
Language: English
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Format: DV
Subject Focus: Civic sense and cleanliness
Synopsis: This film demonstrates how the most
insignificant things can make a city dirty and dangerous.
A person throws a banana peel on the road instead of the
dustbin, and people slip because of it. In the end, a small
child picks the peel up and throws it in the dustbin,
highlighting the film’s message: keeping the city clean is
the duty of every citizen.
Director: Ashish Jadhav
Contact Details:
Ashish Jadhav and Nitesh Jain
12, Vishwarup Darshan Co-Housing Society
Kalyan 421 306 Maharashtra
P: 05251-2333855, M: 09819054595
E: niteshjain17@gmail.com
English Title: Eco Friendly-1 (Malabar Christian
College Initiative)
Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2004
Duration: 12 min 15 sec
Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Plastics — an initiative to free the
environment of them
Synopsis: Plastic waste has become one of the ugly
facets of modern urban life. Though polybags have been
banned in several places across India, they continue to
be used. The students of Malabar Christian College in
Calicut have come forward with eco-friendly paper bags
as an alternative to plastic bags. The college authorities
have supported this initiative by declaring the campus a
plastic-free zone.
Production Company: ACLT
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org

English Title: Eco Friendly-2 (KVIC Initiative)
Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2004
Duration: 14 min 55 sec
Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Using fibre-based products in place of
plastics
Synopsis: Many plastic products which are non-
biodegradable, cannot be recycled; the only solution lies
in propagation of eco-friendly alternatives. Some such
alternatives which have been a part of traditional crafts in
villages have been revived to replace plastic products. Th
film highlights the revival of eco-friendly products in Kerala
due to the efforts of the fibre design-cum-development
centre of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission
(KVIC), Trivandrum. The centre has developed new
products and designs from fibres drawn from banana and
agave plants.
Production Company: ACLT
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Eco-city Vrindavan
Original Title: Eco-city Vrindavan
Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005
Language: English (with English subtitles)
Duration: 21 min 30 sec
Format: DV-CAM
Subject Focus: Pollution at religious places (Vrindavan)
Synopsis: Vrindavan, associated with Krishna, has visitors
from all over the world. It is a very small town, but garbage
has become a constant feature in many of its sacred
spaces. Tonnes of solid waste are generated in Vrindavan
every day by a population of 40,000 residents and about
1,50,000 pilgrims. The Vrindavan experience is also the
story of most holy cities and pilgrim places in India.
Director: Satyen Wanchoo
Producer: Satyen Wanchoo
Production Company: Avifauna Films
Contact Details:
Satyen Wanchoo
E-122, G K – II, II Floor, New Delhi 110 048
P: 011-51639318; M: 9811178881
E: info@avifaunafilms.com
W: www.avifaunafilms.com
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English Title: Ecosystem in India-2
(Ecomechanics-B)
Date/Month/Year of Production: May 1986
Duration: 12 min 48 sec
Format: U-Matic
Synopsis: Plastic waste has become one of the ugly
facets modern urban life. Every where it has become more
than an eye sore, a pollutant degrading the environment.
Though poly bags have been banned all over India it
continues to be used. The only solution is the propagation
of eco friendly alternatives. The students of the Malabar
Christian College in Calicut has come forward with eco
friendly paper bags as an alternative to plastic carry bags.
The college authorities support the activities of the Eco
friendly club by declaring the campus as plastic free zone.
This program portrays the eco friendly initiatives of the
Malabar Christian college students.
Production Company: EPUN
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Efficient Garbage Disposal
Language: English
Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Waste disposal
Synopsis: How can urban waste separation be made
more systematic? Do we, who are mainly responsible for
generating this inorganic waste, have a role to play? The
film offers a few suggestions.
Producer: Development Alternatives
Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Environmental Sciences-10 (Solid
Waste Management)
Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2003
Duration: 18 min
Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Solid waste management
Synopsis: Environmental Sciences is a series that covers
the syllabus on the subject for degree courses. The aim
of the series is to provide an audio-visual experience to
students. Part 10 of the series focuses on the techniques
of solid waste management practised by various
municipalities. Today, items that we no longer need or
cannot reuse are generally thrown away and turned into
waste materials. With rising urbanization and changes in
lifestyles and food habits, the amount of solid waste
generated has been increasing rapidly. It has become very
necessary that we master the techniques of handling this
waste.
Production Company: ECAL
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Exnora: Setting an Example
Language: English
Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Local initiative in urban waste and
pollution management
Synopsis: The cleaning up of the filth and pollution in our
surroundings is often regarded as the job of the
government. Exnora, a civic body in Chennai, has involved
local people in an effort to keep their cities clean.
Producer: Development Alternatives
Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Fly-ash Bricks as Building Material
Language: English
Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Recycling waste — using fly-ash
Synopsis: Chimneys of thermal power plants emit an
environmental hazard called fly-ash. But this waste can
be used in making building bricks.
Producer: Development Alternatives
Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Flying Menace
Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2002
Duration: 16 min 27 sec
Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Fly-ash generation and reuse
Synopsis: Power is a major ingredient in economic
development. In India, it is the thermal power stations that
supply most of the power. In the process, they generate a
by-product called fly-ash — which becomes a problem
not only for the thermal power stations, but also for the
people living around.
Production Company: ECAL
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org

English Title: Gandki
Date/month/year of Production: 1995
Language: Gujarati
Duration: 7 min
Format: PAL, U-Matic, Colour
Subject Focus: Municipal waste management
Synopsis: Leelaben, a vegetable vendor and producer
of Video SEWA, decides to intervene and clean up the
growing garbage dump in her locality in Ahmedabad. Her
only way of articulating her concern is through her video.
With its help, she succeeds in forcing the authorities to
take note and improve the situation.
Contact Details:
Vedio Sewa
Krushna Bhavan, Opp Sakar-II, Ellisbridge
Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat
P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708
E: sewaacdy@icenet.co.in
W: www.sewa.org
English Title: Garbage
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997
Language: English, Hindi and Gujarati
Duration: 12 min 30 sec
Subject Focus: Urban waste management
Synopsis: The film was developed as part of Rochak, a
project that involved college students in waste
management in Ahmedabad.
Director: Sanjay Joshi
Producer: Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
Contact Details:
Video Resource Centre Secretariat
Centre for Environment Education, Southern Regional Cell
143, Kamala Mansion, Infantry Road, Bangalore 560 001
Karnataka
P: 080-22869094/9907; F: 080-22868209
E: vrc@ceeindia.org
W: www.ceeindia.org, www.kidsrgreen.org, www.ceevrc.org
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English Title: Golden Garbage of Calcutta
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997
Language: English
Duration: 25 min
Format: U-Matic Highband
Subject Focus: Solid waste management in Kolkata
Synopsis: This film deals with the tug-of-war between
garbage generators and garbage disposers and highlights
the methods the corporation uses for the disposal of
garbage in the eastern fringe of Kolkata.
Producer: Mr. Gul Bahar Singh
Contact Details:
The Secretary
Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests
Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road
New Delhi - 110 003
P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721
E: envisect@nic.in
W: www.envfor.nic.in
English Title: Green Mounds: Fly-ash Disposal
Language: English
Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Disposal and reuse of fly-ash
Synopsis: Fly-ash is a pollutant containing toxic elements,
but new methods are being developed for recycling it into
mainstream products. The public sector National Thermal
Power Corporation’s power project at Ghaziabad is
currently experimenting with a completely different and
innovative ash disposal system.
Producer: Development Alternatives
Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Gujari Bazaar
Original Title: Gujari Bazaar
Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2000
Language: Gujarati and Hindi (with English subtitles)
Duration: 17 min
Format: DV/VCD/DVD
Subject Focus: Waste recycling
Synopsis: Since 1411, every Sunday, on the banks of
the Sabarmati River, Ahmedabad hosts a unique market.
Many of the sellers here are artisan-entrepreneurs who
recycle waste into very useful things. Everything needed
to furnish a poor man’s house can be found there. Gujari
Bazaar discards the very concept of waste; people here
find some creative use for what others may consider
waste. This market plays a prophetic role in a world rushing
headlong into unbridled consumerism.
Director: Rappai Poothokaren S. J.
Producer: Rappai Poothokaren S. J.
Production Company: Gurjarvani, Ahmedabad
Contact Details:
Rappai Poothokaren S. J.
Gurjarvani, St. Xavier’s College Campus, Ahmedabad 380 009
P: 079-26300127, 26303114
E: gurjarvani@jesuits.net
English Title: Gumar Katha
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002
Language: Oriya
Duration: 45 min
Subject Focus: Open air defecation and how to stop it
Synopsis: Open air defecation is common in many places
in India. The practice is the root cause of the prevalence
of many water-borne diseases. The film examines the
reasons and puts forth some solutions.
Director: Rural Welfare Institute (RWI)
Contact Details:
Rural Welfare Institute (RWI)
At. Hansapaa Ro. Chanarapada, Via. Nimapara Dist
Puri 752 106, Orissa
P: 06758-252604
E: rwinemapuri@rediffmail.com
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English Title: Hands On 3 — Lifting the Lid
Original Title: Hands On 3 — Lifting the Lid
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999
Language: English
Duration: 24 min
Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Sewage control and management
Synopsis: Ask anyone who is fortunate enough to live in
a household with a flush toilet, what happens to their
sewage — and the answer would most likely be: “I don’t
know and don’t want to”. But with six billion people in the
world each producing 550 litres of excreta a year, the
world’s waste is going to waste. This Hands On
programme lifts the lid on the world’s toilets: we go down
the drain in Karachi, get a worm’s eye view in Ireland and
sit with the Swedes in Stockholm.
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details:
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062
P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879
E: cse@cseindia.org
W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Hands-on 8 — Waste Watchers
Original Title: Hands-on 8 — Waste Watchers
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000
Language: English
Duration: 24 min
Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Waste recycling and management
Synopsis: Recycling may be the answer to dealing with
garbage — a survey shows that it is five times more
energy-efficient than burning plastic. This ‘Hands-on’ looks
at recycling incentives for both companies and consumers:
Norwegian vending machines are programmed to refund
the committed recycler and Venetians are turning canal-
clogging weeds and sky-choking smog into paper.
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details:
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062
P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879
E: cse@cseindia.org
W: www.cseindia.org

English Title: Hands-on: City Scope
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003
Language: English
Duration: 26 min
Format: Betacam SP, DVD
Subject Focus: Waste management — local initiatives
Synopsis: In slums and shantytowns, local services for
sewage, housing and waste barely exist. The film features
five stories from around the world where citizens groups
and neighborhood committees are finding ways of working
with cash-strapped local councils.
Production Company: TVE
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Hands-on: Waste to Wages
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002
Language: English
Duration: 26 min
Format: Betacam SP, DVD
Subject Focus: Reaping profits by recycling waste
Synopsis: Take two sisters, a heap of bicycle tyres, and
a passion for ‘way out’ fashion – and you have the ‘tubular
belles’, the latest in rubberware from the Netherlands!
Rubber isn’t the only waste from the throwaway society
which can be turned into wages. Two Thai scientists have
come up with biodegradable food containers made from
cassava. The movie reports on how a new breed of
entrepreneurs is seeing riches in rubbish.
Production Company: Earth Report VI/TVE
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Hands-on: Waste Watchers
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000
Language: English
Duration: 24 min
Format: Betacam SP, DVD
Synopsis: Burning rubbish in the backyard can be as
polluting as using a municipal waste incinerator, and, as
landfill sites become harder to find, the hunt is on to
discover alternative ways of dealing with rubbish.
Recycling may be the answer — a recent survey showed
that it is five times more energy efficient than burning
plastic. The movie looks at recycling incentives for both
companies and consumers: Norwegian vending machines
are programmed to refund the committed recycler and
Venetians are turning canal-clogging weeds and sky-
choking smog into paper.
Production Company: Earth Report VI /TVE
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Hatya
Original Title: Hatya
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2002
Language: Hindi
Format: 16 mm
Subject Focus: Animal welfare, against the backdrop of
communal harmony
Synopsis: The film moves through a story: a cow has
died, and Hindus and Muslims are blaming each other for
her death. Finally, a post-mortem is done and the killer is
discovered — polythene bags. The film goes on to
advocate the messages of humanity and communal
harmony, besides saying ‘no’ to plastic bags.
Producer: AVVM Films, Mr. Vikas Bali
Contact Details:
AVVM Films
Producer, 31, Juhu Supreme Shopping Centre, Gulmohar
Cross Road No. 9, Vile Parle (West), Mumbai 400 049
Maharashtra
P: 022-26705863/64; F: 26205487
E: moviein@vsnl.net
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English Title: Integrated Waste Management
Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2001
Duration: 13 min 7 sec
Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Integrated waste management
Synopsis: Conventional methods of waste management
in our country are inadequate to handle the problem of
waste generated in our environment. The film advocates
an alternative solution: through low-cost sanitation
technologies, the basis of integrated waste management.
Production Company: EPUN
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: It is not Garbage
Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1999
Duration: 18 min 26 sec
Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Solid waste management
Synopsis: Solid waste management is a major challenge
in most cities. The film documents the efforts of some
professionals who have taken up the challenge. They have
designed and developed a process for turning
biodegradable mixed solid waste into manure.
Production Company: EPUN
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Japan’s Lessons on Economy and
Environment — Our Pollution Experience’
Original Title: Shoonya Utsarjan ki Chunauti — Japani
Udyog Dwara ek Pahal
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995
Language: Hindi
Duration: 29 min
Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Japanese industry and its eco-friendly
initiatives
Synopsis: Farsightedness, will power and a firm commitment
towards preserving the environment has prompted Japanese
industry to take up the zero emissions challenge. Premier
Japanese companies like Ebara Corporation, Tokyo Electric,
Kirin Brewary, Koa Corporation etc have taken innovative
steps to reduce waste, reuse and recycle material.
Director: Hitori Kamanaka
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details:
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062
P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879
E: cse@cseindia.org
W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Jeevan Chalne ka Naam
Original Title: Jeevan Chalne ka Naam
Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005
Language: Hindi
Duration: 7 min
Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Household waste management — a
success story
Synopsis: This film documents the real life success story
of a young household maid, Shuchita, who manages to
reduce the overall household garbage production in the
place she works to just 20% of what it used to be. She
converts the wet garbage into organic manure, and
disposes of other wastes including plastics by giving them
to garbage pickers for recycling.
Director: Kanu Priya
Producer: Ankit Jain
Production Company: Gul Guncha Arts
Contact Details:
Kanu Priya/ Ankit Jain
309, Shikha Apartments, 48, Patparganj, New Delhi 110 092
P: 011-55256990; M: 9810009406, 9212096333
E: kanu.priya@indiatimes.com

English Title: Kaagda Peeth — ‘The Crow’s Back’
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005
Language: Gujarati-English
Duration: 27 min
Format: Mini DV
Subject Focus: Waste disposal and management
Synopsis: The movie is aimed at generating awareness
about how garbage travels through a city and where it
finally reaches. Woven in are stories of sweepers,
municipal workers and the indispensable rag-pickers. The
movie ends with a discussion on ways and means of
changing the prevailing conditions.
Director: Ipsit Patel
Production Company: Ipsit Patel
Contact Details:
Centre for Civil Society
K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi
P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347
W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org
English Title: Kaash
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002
Language: Hindi
Duration: 18 min
Subject Focus: Life of a sanitary worker
Synopsis: This video film captures the life of a sanitary
worker, and attempts to sensitize the viewer about the
relationship between the day-to-day practices of the
sanitary worker and his/her health.
Director: Ms. Kiron Wadhera, ACORD
Contact Details:
Asian Centre for Organization Research And Development
(ACORD), C-126, Greater Kailash-I, New Delhi 110 048
P: 011-26410616, 26238495
E: acord@del2vsnl.net.in
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English Title: Kachra: Jeevika Banam Vyavasaya
(Hindi version of Earth Report VIII: Pulp Aid)
Original Title: Earth Report VIII: Pulp Aid
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003
Language: Hindi
Duration: 26 min
Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Waste recycling industry and trade in
recycled products
Synopsis: Europeans generate an average of 300 kg of
waste per person per year. Across Europe, 45 million
tonnes of waste paper is recycled each year. Most of it
goes back into Europe’s paper mills. But around 7% is
exported to the developing world. Are these exports
harming local enterprise in poorer countries? Or is it a
sensible way to recycle and stimulate new business on a
global scale?
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details:
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062
P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879
E: cse@cseindia.org
W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Khilte Hain Gul Yahan
Original Title: Khilte Hain Gul Yahan
Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2004
Language: Hindi
Duration: 10 min
Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Household garbage segregation — a
success story
Synopsis: This film documents the real life success story
of a young household maid, Shuchita, who manages to
reduce the overall household garbage production in the
place she works to just 20% of what it used to be. She
converts the wet garbage into organic manure, and
disposes of other wastes including plastics by giving them
to garbage pickers for recycling.
Directors: Kanu Priya/Ankit Jain
Producers: Kanu Priya/Ankit Jain
Production Company: A Suraj Vision
Contact Details:
Kanu Priya / Ankit Jain
309, Shikha Apartments, 48, Patparganj, New Delhi 110 092
P: 011-55256990; M: 9810009406, 9212096333
E: kanu.priya@indiatimes.com
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English Title: Let’s Build Paradise English Title: Mahadaan

Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Original Title: Mahadaan

Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2005
Duration: 12 min Language: Nepali (with English subtitles)
Duration: 56 min
Subject Focus: Solid waste management in Bangalore Format: Digital beta
— a citizens’ initiative
Subject Focus: Environmental degradation
Synopsis: In the film, CEE interns organize civic meetings
to explain how the public can cooperate in segregating Synopsis: The film shows how deforestation, construction
and managing waste. Residents pay a nominal fee, and work and generation of garbage can damage the
citizens’ committees in each area use the money to environment.
bankroll the waste management initiative. In the process,
ragpickers and unemployed youth are provided Director: Chunilal Ghimirey
employment. Producer: Member Secretary, State Pollution Control
Board
Director: Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Production Company: Siva Enterprise (P.) Ltd.
(Film Production House)
Contact Details:
CEE Delhi Contact Details:
Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Chunilal Ghimirey
D-35, South Extension – II, New Delhi 110 049 Bodhi Griha, Nam Nang, Gangtok 737 101, East Sikkim
P: 011-26262878, F: 011-26497050 P: 03592-204228, M: 9832054984
E: ceedelhi@ceeindia.org
W: ceeindia.org

English Title: Manage Karo Garbage Zara-1

English Title: Life Goes On…
Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1997
Language: English
Original Title: Life Goes On… Duration: 16 min 52 sec
Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Format: Betacam
Language: English (with English subtitles)
Duration: 5 min 27 sec
Subject Focus: Waste management
Format: Digital Beta
Synopsis: Garbage is choking Delhi up. But there are
Subject Focus: Violation of bio-medical waste disposal
initiatives like Dr. Iqbal Malik’s environmentally friendly
regulations
garbage disposal scheme, that have made a difference.

Synopsis: The film is a documentation of what goes on

in the name of disposing hazardous bio-medical waste.
The narrative revolves around a ragpicker couple, who
narrate how a local hospital dumps bio-medical waste in
the neighborhood. There is no municipal corporation or
police authority to check this violation of environmental
laws. The ragpickers are forced to work in this hazard;
they have no other means of survival.
Production Company: MDEL
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org

Director: Ms. Suparna Gangal

Producer: Ms. Suparna Gangal
Production Company: SMS Producations

Contact Details:
Ms. Suparna Gangal
161, Madhu Manjiri Apartment, Lane # 4, Dahanukar Colony
Pune 411 038, Maharashtra
P: 020-2539381, M: 09822887822
E: production_sms@yahoo.com

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English Title: Metal Magic
Original Title: Metal Magic
Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1998
Language: Gujarati and Hindi (with English subtitles)
Duration: 13 min
Format: DV/VCD, DVD
Subject Focus: Recycling of waste
Synopsis: This film is a tribute to those little-known people
who make this earth a better place to live in: the women
and men who recycle metal waste. They are artisan-
entrepreneurs who keep the free of metal-litter, and cater
to poor people’s needs.
Director: Rappai Poothokaren, S. J.
Producer: Rappai Poothokaren, S. J.
Production Company: Gurjarvani, Ahmedabad
Contact Details:
Rappai Poothokaren, S. J.
Gurjarvani, St. Xavier’s College Campus
Ahmedabad 380 009, Gujarat
P: 079-26300127, 26303114
E: gurjarvani@jesuits.net
English Title: Metamorphosis
Original Title: Urumattram
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2002
Language: Tamil
Duration: 32 min
Format: 35 mm
Subject Focus: Impact of the divide between generations
on the environment
Synopsis: Revolving around a grandfather, his son and
grandson, the film tells the story of the son who is in a
hurry to escape to the U. S. He is convinced that he has
tied up all the loose ends, like securing the future of his
family and taking proper care of his old father. The
grandfather is shocked by the easy translation of the
ancestral home into money, and completely shattered by
the irresponsibility of maximizing gains in turning it over
to a plastics factory.
Producers: Friendship Scripts Pvt. Ltd. & Adhi Bahavaan
Talkies
Contact Details:
Friendship Scripts Pvt. Ltd. & Adhi Bahavaan Talkies
Producers, F-4, Komal Apartments, 18-Jagadeeswaran Street,
T. Nagar, Chennai 600 017
P: 044-24831981; F: 044-28206455
E: friendshipscriptspvtltd@hotmail.com
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English Title: Modern Society Plastics and
Recycling
Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2004
Duration: 15 min 51 sec
Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Recycling of plastic waste
Synopsis: The programme explains how plastic waste
generated at factories and at the level of consumers can
be recycled. It also attempts to show how recycling of
plastics helps in environmental protection and
conservation of plastic resources.
Production Company: AOSM
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Nagara Nyrmalya
Original Title: Nagara Nyrmalya
Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2002
Language: Kannada
Duration: 11 min
Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Ubran solid waste management
Synopsis: Through a human drama, the film attempts to
convince communities that the problem of solid waste
management is not one of ‘dump-and-forget’ by using
‘pourakarmikas’ (safai karmacharis) as “mere extensions
of brooms”. The real problem is how to creatively engage
individuals and communities with pourakarmikas in finding
sustainable solutions.
Producer: Environment Support Group
Commissioning Agency: Indo-Norwegian Environment
Programme
Contact Details:
Environment Support Group
Non-government Organisation, S-3, Rajashree Apartments
18/57, 1st Main Road, S. R. K. Gardens, Jaynagar
Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560 041
P: 080-26531339; F: 080-26341977
E: esg@bgl.vsnl.net.in
W: www.altindia.net
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English Title: Nirula’s and Recycling English Title: Plast-I — City

Language: English Original Title: Plast-I — City

Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2003
Language: Hindi
Subject Focus: Environment-friendly measures Duration: 12 min 45 sec
undertaken by Nirula’s Format: Digital

Synopsis: Nirula’s, the fast food chain, is trying to do its
bit in promoting environment-friendly measures like using
recycled bags, composting etc. in its day-to-day work.
Producer: Development Alternatives
Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Organizing for a Better Livelihood:
Waste Paper Pickers in SEWA
Subject Focus: Plastic wastes
Synopsis: The film raises awareness about the hazards
of generating plastic waste, and calls for following the
strategy of the three Rs – reduction, reuse and recycle.
The film does not take any sides, but takes a definite stand
in favour of reuse and re-cycling of plastics. It also provides
alternative solutions to the problem.
Producer: Xavier Institute of Communications
Commissioning Agency: The Orchird — An Ecotel Hotel
Contact Details:
Xavier Institute of Communications
St. Xavier’s College, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai 400 001
P: 022-22621366; F: 022-22658546
E: xic@vsnl.com

Original Title: Organizing for a Better Livelihood: Waste

Paper Pickers in SEWA English Title: Plastic
Date/month/year of Production: 1992
Language: Gujarati and English Language: Hindi
Duration: 21 min Duration: 60 sec
Format: PAL, U-Matic, Colour
Subject Focus: Plastics
Subject Focus: Wastepaper-pickers of Ahmedabad
Synopsis: The PSM shows the harmful effects of plastics
Synopsis: There are more than 30,000 wastepaper- and alternatives to plastic use.
pickers in Ahmedabad. A majority of them have taken up
this occupation following the decline of the textile industry
in the city. The film dwells on the paper-picker’s groups Contact Details:
organised by SEWA, and the lives of the group members. The Secretary
Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests
Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi - 110 003
Contact Details:
P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721
Vedio Sewa
E: envisect@nic.in
Krushna Bhavan, Opp. Sakar-II, Ellisbridge
W: www.envfor.nic.in
Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat
P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708
E: sewaacdy@icenet.co.in
W: www.sewa.org

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English Title: Plastic Pollution English Title: Plastics — Dangerous Disposables

Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1998 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1997

Duration: 10 min 3 sec Duration: 14 min 29 sec
Format: Betacam Format: Betacam

Subject Focus: Plastics Subject Focus: Plastic

Synopsis: Plastics have become a part of our life today. Synopsis: The film focus on the hazards of plastic due to
Their excessive use is creating a problem for the its mismanagement.
environment. The programme documents the uses of
plastics, their demerits and solutions. Production Company: MDEL

Production Company: AIND Contact Details:

Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org

English Title: Pulp Aid

English Title: Plastic Truth Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003

Language: English
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Duration: 26 min
Language: English Format: Betacam SP, DVD
Duration: 21 min 40 sec
Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS Subject Focus: The politics of wastepaper recycling

Subject Focus: The uses of plastics Synopsis: Wastepaper from Europe comes to India for
recycling. But this has generated a flurry of charges in
Producer: M/s Independent Television Co. Pvt. Ltd. India — mainly to the effect that this waste dumping is
Production Company: M/s Independent Television Co. disrupting local recycling efforts.
Pvt. Ltd.
Production Company: Earth Report VIII/TVE
Contact Details:
The Secretary Contact Details:
Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Development Alternatives
Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: tara@devalt.org
E: envisect@nic.in W: www.devalt.org
W: www.envfor.nic.in

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English Title: Recycled Paper: The TARA Initiative
Language: English
Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: An initiative to produce hand-made paper
Synopsis: The initiative of Development Alternatives in
setting up hand-made paper units has been a success. It
not only produces paper from rags and used paper, but
also offers employment to unskilled women.
Producer: Development Alternatives
Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Recycling Myths – Plastic Petrol
Language: English
Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Recycling plastics
Synopsis: The whole problem of plastic use arises from
the fact that it is not biodegradable and therefore, not easy
to dispose off. Recycling has been a preferred solution.
Recycling is advantageous because it saves on energy
and resource use.
Producer: Development Alternatives
Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Recycling the Waste
Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2004
Duration: 16 min 2 sec
Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Recycling urban solid waste
Synopsis: Hundreds of tonnes of solid waste and garbage
is generated daily in our urban areas. This solid waste
can be treated and reused — and the film offers some
suggestions.
Production Company: EPUN
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Sewage Recycling in Karnal
Language: English
Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Recycling sewage water
Synopsis: In Karnal, Haryana, the experiment of recycling
sewage water and using it for plantations has been a
success. This success story can be replicated in other
Indian towns and cities.
Producer: Development Alternatives
Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Sharam Nahi Ati-I English Title: Solid Waste Treatment

Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989

Language: Hindi Duration: 17 min 26 sec
Duration: 30 sec each Format: U-Matic

Subject Focus: Spitting Subject Focus: Mining waste

Synopsis: The film is an effort to discourage the nasty Synopsis: Every industrial act, apart from producing the
habit of spitting on roads. desired product, also produces unwanted residues. Mining
is one such industry. With every mineral produced, a huge
Director: Ms. Kiron Wadhera, ACORD amount of earth is dug out which creates an equally large
amount of solid waste. This programme discusses how to
Contact Details: stop mining waste from polluting the environment.
Asian Centre for Organization Research and
Development (ACORD) Production Company: EPUN
C-126, Greater Kailash-I, New Delhi 110 048
P: 011-26410616, 26238495
Contact Details:
E: acord@del2vsnl.net.in
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Sharam Nahi Ati-II

Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002

Language: Hindi English Title: Tale of Trash
Duration: 30 sec
Original Title: Tale of Trash
Subject Focus: Littering Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996
Language: English
Synopsis: In the film, a child ridicules a man for littering, Duration: 30 min
and thus sends out a message against the practice. Format: Betacam

Director: Ms. Kiron Wadhera Subject Focus: Solid waste management

Contact Details: Synopsis: This is a documentary made for the Central

Asian Centre for Organization Research and Pollution Control Board on solid waste management.
Development (ACORD)
C-126, Greater Kailash-I, New Delhi 110 048
Director: Krishnendu Bose
P: 011-26410616, 26238495
E: acord@del2vsnl.net.in
Producer: Krishnendu Bose
Production Company: Earthcare Films
Commissioning Agency: Central Pollution Control
Board (CPCB)

Contact Details:
Krishnendu Bose
Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony
New Delhi 110 024
P: 011-24625896, 24654221; M: 9811843111
F: 011-24647310
E: earthcare1@vsnl.com
W: www.earthcarefilms.com

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English Title: The Adventures of Ecogirl and
Environman
Original Title: The Adventures of Ecogirl and Environman
Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2001
Language: English
Duration: 3 min
Format: Digital
Subject Focus: Waste disposal and air pollution
Synopsis: The Adventures of Ecogirl and Environman is
a series of two environmental movies made by students
of classes VII-X. Story-based and aiming to drive home a
message, these movies focus on proper disposal of
garbage and waste at public places and air pollution
caused due to callous attitude of industry.
Producer: Jiva Public School,
Contact Details:
Jiva Public School
Jiva Marg, Sector 21B, Faridabad, Haryana
P: 0129-2429640, 2431198, 4041539, 4041540
F: 0129-2431198, 2296174
E: jps@jiva.org, info@jivagroup.com
W: www.jiva.com
English Title: The Dew Drop & the River…
Original Title: The Dew Drop & the River…
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003
Language: English
Duration: 30 min
Format: DVD
Subject Focus: Excreta management through Sulabh
Shauchalayas
Synopsis: This film looks at the environmentally safe,
affordable and easily adoptable toilet technology — Sulabh
Shauchalayas — a solution put forward by Dr. Bindeshwar
Pathak to end the menace of defecation in public spaces.
Director: Umesh Aggarwal
Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra
Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust
(PSBT)
Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting
Trust (PSBT)
Contact Details:
Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT)
A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013
P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825
E: info@psbt.org, psbt@vsnl.com
W: www.psbt.org
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English Title: The Green Dustbin
Original Title: The Green Dustbin
Language: English
Duration: 29 min
Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Household waste recycling
Synopsis: Most of the refuse an average citizen throws
out as garbage is made up of toxic materials which
decompose slowly, often combining to form highly toxic
compounds that diffuse in the soil and eventually
contaminate groundwater supplies. The solution, says the
film, lies in recycling waste. Plastic, glass and paper can
all be sorted out at home. Bottles can be reused to save
energy cost, and organic waste can be turned into
beneficial compost.
Director: Lars Brydesen
Contact Details:
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062
P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879
E: cse@cseindia.org
W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: The Parallel
Original Title: Samantharam
Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005
Language: Malayalam (with English subtitles)
Duration: 25 min 43 sec
Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Community waste management initiatives
in Kerala
Synopsis: ‘Zero Waste’ is a holistic concept of resource
management which comprises of resource conservation,
building relations, extended producer responsibility, clean
production and community building. The importance of
the Zero Waste Kovalam programme — which the film
documents — is that it has generated more than 100
permanent jobs in the locality, created small eco-friendly
enterprises, launched three self-sustainable waste
management systems and revived organic farming.
Director: Suneetha T. V.
Producer: Amrita T. V.
Production Company: Amrita T. V.
Contact Details:
Suneetha T. V.
Program Producer, Amrita T. V., Gandhi Nagar, Vazhuthacaud,
Trivandrum 695 014, Kerala
P: 0471-2333403; M: 09847171137; F:0471-2328900
E: suneethatv@hotmail.com

English Title: The Realisation
Original Title: The Realisation
Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005
Language: English
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Format: Digital Beta
Subject Focus: Keeping the environment clean
Synopsis: Through the toy characters of Barbie and Ken,
the film gives its message of keeping the environment
clean. Barbie believes in a clean and green world, but
Ken wrecks her toy world, knocking down garbage bins
and throwing garbage all over the place. However, he soon
slips and falls on the very garbage that he was spreading.
He realizes his mistake and cleans up the toy world.
Director: Vanita Jain
Producer: Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics
Contact Details:
Jasmeet Singh Bhasin
Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics, 23, Shah Industrial
Estate, Off Veera Desai Road, Andheri (W) Mumbai 400 053
P: 022-26731145-48; F: 022-26730961
E: jasmeet@maacindia.com
W: www.maacindia.com
English Title: Towards Cleaner & Greener
Environment-1
Original Title: Towards Cleaner & Greener Environment-1
Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1996
Language: English
Duration: 11 min 50 sec
Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Initiatives undertaken by Exnora-
International
Synopsis: This programme highlights the activities of an
NGO called Exnora-International, which is working towards
a cleaner and greener environment with peoples’
participation. Among the initiatives covered are
civicExnora, vermiculture and the peoples’ toilets.
Production Company: AMAD
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Towards Cleaner and Greener
Environment-2
Original Title: Towards Cleaner and Greener
Environment-2
Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1996
Language: English
Duration: 14 min 8 sec
Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Initiatives undertaken by Exnora-
International
Synopsis: This is the second part of the series on Exnora-
International, and deals with the NGO’s other activities
like solid waste management, environment programmes
for students and the WAMP (Waterways Management
Programme). Exnora-International tries to involve the
youth in all these activities.
Production Company: AMAD
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Trade Toxic – International Toxic
disposal
Language: English
Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Dumping of toxic wastes
Synopsis: Toxic dumping is the new environmental whip
for the North to be used on the people of the South. The
rich industrialised nations produce about 98% of the
world’s hazardous waste. India has been receiving huge
quantities of potentially damaging metal wastes, lead acid
batteries, plastic scrap, ashes and residues.
Producer: Development Alternatives
Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Tukang Sampah — Masters of
Waste
Original Title: Tukang Sampah — Masters of Waste
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993
Language: English
Duration: 45 min
Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Synopsis: Forty thousand people in Indonesia earn their
living from rubbish. It’s a US $50 million a year business.
Recycling municipal waste has transformed Surabaya into
Indonesia’s cleanest city. The film follows the practitioners
of this recycling industry — Slabat, a bottle-picker; Suley,
his glass collector, who supplies local recycling factories;
and the yellow-suited ‘waste masters’ of Surabaya now
financing their own literacy and re-employment
programmes. But successful recycling depends on a
delicate balance of supply and demand, one all too easily
upset by the relentless dumping of waste from industrialized
countries; as an exasperated environment minister asks in
the film:”Why don’t you exploit your own waste?”
Director: Boris Terpinc
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details:
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062
P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879
E: cse@cseindia.org
W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Use Me
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999
Language: English
Duration: 36 sec
Subject Focus: Keeping the city clean
Synopsis: The film attempts to sensitize people to use
garbage bins for disposing off their garbage.
Director: Reena Ashok
Production Company: Crest Communication Ltd.
Contact Details:
Crest Communication
A-1/307, Safdurjung Enclave, New Delhi 110 029
P: 011-26183478, 26186116, 26177994, 26183480
E: crestdel@del3.vsnl.net.in
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English Title: Useful Domestic Garbage
Language: English
Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Recycling domestic biodegradable waste
Synopsis: Srishti, a non-profit organization working for a
cleaner and greener Delhi, has been involved in a project
that not only takes care of domestic wastes but, in the
process, generates something useful out of it — by
recycling domestic biodegradable wastes into manure.
Producer: Development Alternatives
Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Utilization of Fly-ash
Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2002
Duration: 12 min 40 sec
Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Using fly-ash
Synopsis: Fly-ash is the by-product of burning coal in
thermal power plants. Every year, more and more fly-ash
is accumulated in the country. What are some ways of
dealing with this problem? The film looks at efforts to use
this waste.
Production Company: ECAL
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Vam Organics: Making Recycling English Title: Wait Until Dark
a Habit
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996
Language: English
Language: English
Duration: 13 min
Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Improving living conditions in the slums
Subject Focus: Waste recycling business of Bangalore

Synopsis: Vam Organics is an example of an industry
which has proved that setting up effluent treatment plants
and recycling wastes can be a profitable venture.
Producer: Development Alternatives
Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
Synopsis: The film shows that with a little sensitivity and
planning men, women and children who live in inhuman
conditions in slums, can have access to basic
infrastructure which makes for a healthier, cleaner life.
Based on a project in Bangalore for creating awareness
of sound methods of waste treatment and disposal, the
film aimed at increasing the awareness of slum dwellers
about the relevance of health and hygiene, using literacy
as a tool of intervention.
Awards Received by the Film: Best Film on Waste
Management, Environment India ’99, a film festival on
“Corporate Environmental Excellence”

Director: Centre for Environment Education (CEE)

English Title: Victims of Garbage Dump
Contact Details:
CEE Delhi, Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
Original Title: Victims of Garbage Dump D-35, South Extension – II, New Delhi 110 049
Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) P: 011-26262878, F: 011-26497050
Duration: 10 min E: ceedelhi@ceeindia.org
Format: Betacam W: ceeindia.org

Subject Focus: Ragpickers

Synopsis: Through the story of Rabia, an eight-year-old girl

from the Bhalaswar slum of Delhi, the film focuses on the
cycle of poverty, illness and deprivation that governs the lives
of people who make their living out of sorting garbage at
Delhi’s largest garbage dump. Barefoot, the children, who
search for things they can sell — like iron, glass, plastic,
rubber, copper, packaged food etc — face several health
hazards: injuries, infectious diseases and accidents.

Producer: Plan India

Contact Details:
Plan India
B 4/161, Gulmohar House, 5th Floor, Gautam Nagar
New Delhi 110 049
P: 011-26962605, 26968432-34; F: 011-26863417
E: planindia@plan-international.org
W: www.planindia.org

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English Title: Waste English Title: Waste Management

Original Title: Waste Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1991

Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Duration: 18 min 22 sec
Format: U-Matic
Language: No spoken language (with English subtitles)
Duration: 26 min 10 sec Subject Focus: Waste management
Format: DV
Synopsis: This programme describes the pollution control
Subject Focus: Waste recycling and recyclers measures adopted in U. S. A. — the procedures for
disposal of solid wastes, regulations and measures that
Synopsis: This documentary sees environment through can be adopted in Indian conditions.
the voice of one of the most vulnerable groups in urban
India — children ragpickers. The story revolves around Production Company: AMAD
children living under a bridge, along a stinking drain, in
Contact Details:
Nizamuddin in Delhi, as part of a much-derided community Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
that ‘dirties’ rather than cleans the city. Their livelihoods NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
come from waste picking around Delhi. The film calls upon P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
the public to include this community in all waste recycling W: www.cec-ugc.org
efforts. It also appeals to producers of toxics like pesticides
and users of toxic products to follow the idea of Extended
Producer Responsibility. Waste recycling cannot be English Title: Waste Management
termed as a green activity unless the waste recycling
community is given healthy and safe working conditions. Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1996
The film is based on the work Chintan Environmental Duration: 12 min 31 sec
Research and Action Group has done at the grassroots Format: Betacam
level with the waste recycling sector. synopsis: The film highlights waste management
technique and process.
Directors: Ashish Paliwal & Tarun Bhartiya Production Company: EPUN
Producer: World Health Organization
Production Company: Splits End Media Group Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group (CHINTAN) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
C-14, Lajpat Nagar III, 2nd Floor New Delhi 110 024 W: www.cec-ugc.org
Phone : +91-11-46574171, 46574172, 46574173
Fax : +91-11-46574174
E-mail : info@chintan-india.org
http://www.chintan-india.org/ English Title: Waste not Want not

Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1996

Duration: 19 min 55 sec
English Title: Waste Disposal Format: Betacam

Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 Subject Focus: Waste management

Duration: 16 min 36 sec
Format: U-Matic Synopsis: While style and comfort have become the order
of the day, the leftovers of modern living are piling up to
Subject Focus: Waste disposal and management frightening heights. This film cautions against it and
focuses on waste management, garbage disposal,
Production Company: MDEL treatment and recycling of waste, and using waste to
produce manure and power.
Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Production Company: EHYD
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details:
W: www.cec-ugc.org Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org

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English Title: Waste not Want not English Title: Wealth of Waste (Microbial and
Vermi-composting)
Original Title: Waste not Want not
Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2005
Duration: 31 min Language: English
Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Duration: 18 min 8 sec
Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Waste recycling
Subject Focus: Composting
Synopsis: While many cities in the world generate
mountains of garbage, there are others which regard Synopsis: Waste management is a serious problem that
rubbish as a resource which can be recycled and provide confronts today’s cities. This film introduces a technique
much-needed employment. Focusing on recycling projects called composting that helps convert garbage into high
in India, the Philippines and Thailand, this film argues that quality manure.
rather than just employing children and scavengers,
recycling industries can be formalized to provide support Production Company: AROO
and welfare for underprivileged urban communities.
Contact Details:
Director: Peter Swan Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062
P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879
E: cse@cseindia.org English Title: Wealth of Waste (Segregation of
W: www.cseindia.org Waste)

Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2005

Language: English
English Title: Wealth from Waste
Duration: 15 min 25 sec
Format: Betacam
Language: English
Duration: 12 min
Subject Focus: Waste segregation

Subject Focus: Recycling used lubricating oil

Synopsis: This is a part of a series on waste management.
This programme deals with the laws enacted to overcome
Contact Details:
the problem of waste, and ways and means of waste
Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA)
Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10-Bhikaiji Cama Place
segregation.
New Delhi 110 066
P: 011-26198856; F: 011-26109668 Production Company: AROO
E: pcrad@del2.vsnl.net.in
W: www.pcra.org Contact Details:
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067
P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605
W: www.cec-ugc.org

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English Title: Welcome Waste English Title: Why Not?

Language: English Original Title: Why Not?

Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Waste treatment by Western Paques
Synopsis: Pollution prevention pays – this is what
Western Paques believes. This company, with an
elaborate system of waste treatment and recycling, has
reaped rich dividends. Part of the waste is even recycled
to generate power.
Producer: Development Alternatives
Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details:
Development Alternatives
111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070
P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817
E: tara@devalt.org
W: www.devalt.org
Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2003
Language: English
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Basic concepts of conservation and urban
environment
Synopsis: A group of children begin to notice that their
bus-stop is not quite what it used to be. They decide their
whole city needs some cleaning up! Why Not? is an
educational film communicating basic concepts in
conservation to four-to-seven year old urban children. It
is intended for use in schools to initiate dialogue on urban
environmental problems and their appropriate solutions.
Awards Received by the Film: ‘Jury Special Mention
Awards’, CMS VATAVARAN 2005

Director: Anitha Balachandran

Producer: Environment Protection Training Research
English Title: What a Load of Rubbish Institute (EPTRI)
Production Company: Environment Protection Training
Original Title: What a Load of Rubbish Research Institute (EPTRI)
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998
Language: English Contact Details:
Duration: 26 min Anitha Balachandran
Format: VHS/VCD & DVD S-364, G K II, New Delhi 110 048
M: 9811396735
Subject Focus: Recycling wastes for profit E: anithabala@rediffmail.com

Synopsis: Every day, the people on this planet produce

five billion tonnes of rubbish, and the majority of it goes
into landfills or is left to rot and fester. This film features
some entrepeneurs who are recycling rubbish for a profit.
In Bangladesh, one man has set up a daily rubbish
collection system for his neighbourhood, and on the
beaches of Uruguay there’s a clean-up campaign which
is recycling discarded soft drinks cans. In South Africa,
over 4,000 shipping containers, used to carry cargo, have
found a new lease of life: they have been converted into
small shops, community centres and even school rooms.
A Finnish entrepeneur has created a new material from
waste products which can help keep topsoil in place and
so prevent erosion, and in China, plastic waste is being
recycled to produce gasoline and diesel fuel.

Director: Luke Gawin

Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)

Contact Details:
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062
P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879
E: cse@cseindia.org
W: www.cseindia.org

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