What are we leaving our children? “Hand Me Downs” asks this question by showing what happens when trash is passed from generation to generation. It dramatizes what we are doing every day in this country and around the world: Leaving our trash for our children.

“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Return”. Along for the ride, shooting photos in a garbage truck, writer / producer / director Kyrl Henderson was inspired by Amy Helgeson, a woman who drives a garbage truck and a recycling truck and asked the question “What the hell are these people who don’t recycle thinking? That the land fill is a bottomless pit? What are we leaving our children?”

So the question isn’t just “What are we doing?”. It’s “How can we change what we’re doing to leave a better planet for our children?”

Use this site to get more ideas, or share your own. We can all do a better job of using less, recycling more, and returning the crap we’re getting left with from inconsiderate and mindless manufacturers and retailers.

DON’T JUST TAKE IT ANY MORE! Return it, reuse it, recycle it. Do what you can.

The production of this film was made possible in part with the generous support of Hawkeye Sanitation & Recycling, Cresco IA.