Trashopolis (2010)
Season 2
Trashopolis explores the most enchanting and iconic cities in the world and attempts to unlock their dark, dirty little secrets - through their trash. From Paris and Rome to New York, London and Cairo, this five-part series digs up the unexplored history of these great cities in an effort to better understand what made them the way that they are today.
Released Sept. 2, 2010
Episode 45 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.garbage, imdb.trash
Production Companies: Pixcom
Network: History (CA)
S2E1 - Mexico City
Mexico City is sinking. The sewers are overflowing, the landfills are closing, and mountains of Trash from iconic celebrations like the Day of the Dead have nowhere to go. But the city is fighting back.
Sept. 2, 2011, midnight
S2E2 - Jerusalem
Pilgrims have been visiting and dumping trash in the Holy City for thousands of years.
Sept. 9, 2011, midnight
S2E3 - Tokyo
Whether Super Hi-Tech or Japanese Traditional, Tokyo's 33 million people always find a way to turn their Trash into something useful.
Sept. 16, 2011, midnight
S2E4 - Los Angeles
Angelenos dumped their Trash into the river, the studios trashed film stock and movie sets in the desert - and no one dreamt what horrors the future might bring.
Sept. 23, 2011, midnight
S2E5 - Mumbai
Mumbai, financial center of India, fabled city of empires and fortunes. On a trash heap called Dharavi, over one million people earn pennies a day recycling the city's garbage.
Sept. 30, 2011, midnight
S2E6 - Berlin
At the end of World War 2 (WWII) Berlin looked like a pile of rubble and decades later the city still battles with trash from its tumultuous past.
Oct. 7, 2011, midnight
S2E7 - Moscow
Moscow churns out five million tons of garbage a year. Some blame Western-style consumerism, but things weren't much better back in the old days, when Peter the Great created the Moscow garbage man.
Oct. 14, 2011, midnight
S2E8 - Montreal
Since its founding in 1642, Montreal has been partying hard and creating lots of trash. After hosting the World Fair in 1967, Montreal tried to clean up its act, but discovered that changing its culture's mindset was nearly impossible.
Oct. 21, 2011, midnight
Network: History (CA)
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 585 min.
Released: Sept. 2, 2010
Last Air Date: Oct. 21, 2011, midnight
Status: In Production
Certification: NR
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