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Academy celebrates the green life for the 80th Oscars

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oscars-daylewis-col.jpgLast night's Oscars might have seen Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Tilda Swinton and Javier Bardem bathed in some very bright spotlights but despite the indulgences of the lavish celebration, behind the scenes efforts were made to create the greenest Oscar night yet.

Academy President Sid Ganis announced the green technology ahead of the ceremony in the wake of rumours that hybrid and zero-emission vehicles would be used to ferry the production staff and glitterati to the show. This indeed turned out to be true, thanks to General Motors, and all generators used on site were powered by a mix that included bio-diesel fuels. On top of that one hundred percent of the energy used for the Oscars telecast and Governors Ball was supplied by wind power. Finally, a substantial majority of food service ware was reusable or biodegradable, with programs, invitations and other paper materials including a minimum 30% post-consumer recycled content.

Academy Press Release

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