Season 2
4 episodes
45 min. per episode
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In a world of discarded dreams, a refuse collector uncovers hidden stories, revealing the emotional weight of our forgotten waste.
Episodes
Crapper and Sons run a landfill site that manages 200 trucks of waste a day. At Marylebone station, cleaners fight against a never-ending tide of rubbish.
Workers at Dungeness A decommissioned nuclear power station in Kent, have to deal with radioactive rubbish. Security staff at Stansted Airport sort through wheelie bins full of prohibited items removed from passengers.
In Nottingham, a waste-burning furnace incinerates 180,000 tonnes of rubbish annually creating energy for nearby homes. In Glasgow a father and son recycle tons of clothing. Staff clean up after a heavy metal concert.
Scientists from the University of Surrey show methods used to clean up some of the thousands of pieces of space junk orbiting Earth. A specialist waste disposal team tackles asbestos. Glass from a bottle bank is recycled as a jam jar.
Documentary series following people around the UK working in waste disposal. From the owners of a landfill site to refuse collectors, a supervisor at a skip hire company to sewage treatment technicians.