Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Every day, Torontonians consume 1.5 million cups of coffee. Much of that delicious caffeine is served in a paper cup, proudly flaunting Canada's favorite coffee brands.

These brands, such as Tim Hortons or Starbucks, would prefer we didn't know their cups are being sent to landfills. But the truth is they are not being recycled. Convenience at the cost of the environment is becoming less, and less convenient.

'Hot cup of Garbage'
Directed by: Mark D. Harris
Produced by: Dylan Liedtke
Cinematography by: Daniel Felicio and Mark D. Harris
Sound by: Conor Nishimura
Edited by: Matthew Takatsch
Associate Producer: Allisha Worsdell
Music by: Ryan Macmillan

This film was funded by Humber College and made by students in the Film & Television Production Program.