Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2013

Both realists and alarmists will benefit from a look at this committed eco-doc by Candida Brady. In it, a genuinely appalled Jeremy Irons takes us on a tour of global paradises – a garbage-strewn Lebanese beach, toxic landfills in Britain, a hospital for deformed Agent Orange kids in Vietnam, high-temperature garbage incinerators in the US — that indicate how badly and how rapidly our refuse-disposal practices are trashing our planet to the point of no return. Did you know that even biodegradable shopping bags create a lumpy plastic soup in our oceans? Makes its points strongly and offers solutions.