Year-Round E-Waste Drop-Offs, Free Camera Gear & 3,000 Trees a Year in Memory of Union Members — Alex Coyle & Allison Elvolve| Best of The Tie-In

In this Best Of excerpt, Alex and Allison, co-chairs of IATSE Local 600's Sustainability Committee, break down how the camera department is tackling waste before it becomes waste — from a year-round e-waste drop-off in Chicago to a free camera-expendables exchange with EcoSet in Los Angeles. They also share the story behind One Tree Planted, the committee's tradition of planting a tree for every year of life of union members who've passed away — roughly 3,000 trees a year. This is an abridged excerpt of a previously released episode.

🌱 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

— How a volunteer committee grew into a five-city national network

— Why the committee's focus shifted from recycling to reduction

— How EcoSet keeps camera expendables out of the landfill and gets them free to film students and indie filmmakers

— What it took to turn a union office into a year-round e-waste drop-off

— The story behind One Tree Planted and why the committee plants in honor of members who've passed

— How partnerships with Everyday Action LA and the Labor Network for Sustainability connect camera work to climate action

This is an abridged excerpt of a previously released episode. Listen/watch the full episode!

YouTube: https://youtu.be/qajDOOxNtQQ

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3T3ssRqVK8KiuicbftOSHC?si=NSw7nK1IQuGpvcONrZmdXg

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s2-e3-focusing-all-film-departments-on-waste-reduction/id1753867919?i=1000684829515

🌱 Connect with Alex & Allison and the Local 600 Sustainability Committee:

📸 @life_according_to_allison

📸 @accoyle

📸 @600sustainability

🎙️ Connect with your hosts:

Zena Harris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zenaharris/

Mark Rabin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rabinmark/

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🎬 TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro & welcome

1:10 How the Local 600 Sustainability Committee started

2:06 Going regional — five cities, one mission

2:57 Building a year-round e-waste program

3:54 The EcoSet partnership — free camera expendables for film students

5:25 Why "reduce" beats "recycle"

6:32 Trade show panels & tailoring the message city by city

7:43 Earth Day: tree planting, river cleanups & an adopted highway

9:07 Connecting camera work to climate change

9:54 Partnering with Everyday Action LA

10:51 One Tree Planted: honoring members who've passed

12:17 Credits