The whole “going green” issue is getting more and more popular these days (for damn good reason). Our friends over at MoviesOnline put up an interesting article today about how the producers of the upcoming Incredible Hulk film decided to do the film as environmentally friendly as possible.
Here’s a bit of an excerpt from their piece:
By its very nature, the transportation department on a film can be a huge polluter. One of the first practices instituted on the production was, wherever possible, to use hybrid and fuel-efficient vehicles. Transport found a source of ultra-low sulfur diesel for all diesel vehicles and generators and instituted a strict “no idling” policy on all lots and locations.
The construction department chose to forego the use of lauan, an affordable and readily available tropical hardwood that is, unfortunately, not harvested in a sustainable manner. In its place, a sustainably harvested, locally sourced yellow pine was used. Whenever possible, the pine was recycled, repurposed or reclaimed and offered for use by agencies such as Habitat for Humanity. The scenic art department crew members used zero- or low-VOC paints and took turns taking paint cans to the hazardous waste drop-off center on their weekends off work.
The craft and catering departments sourced locally grown produce and eliminated plastic grocery bags with the use of cloth shopping bags. On-set food was served in biodegradable rather than Styrofoam containers, and china and silverware were used for lunch, as were biodegradable utensils for those on the go.
There are a whole bunch more things they did to be environmentally responsible while shooting this thing. What’s impressive to me is that they just did it, and never once made a big deal out of it… they never used it as a marketing gimmick or publicity stunt. They just quietly did it. Hell… I was on set for 4 days and didn’t even realize all they stuff they were doing differently. You should go give the full article a read when you get the chance.
