REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE

Conserving Resources and Reducing Waste

Wardrobe, props and set dressing are reused over and over. Sony Pictures has thousands of pieces in its 100,000 square feet prop and set dressing warehouse in Los Angeles and over one mile of wardrobe racks of clothes. All productions have access to a catalogue offering a range of items from sofas and stoves to paintings, set walls and costumes.   

Productions are also encouraged to reuse items from other productions from other studios. Several circularity-focused external organizations exist to help productions responsibly offload set pieces and decoration items for different productions to use.  

When production wraps, teams work with internal Production Asset Management team to manage offloading items. Additionally, production teams work with Sony Pictures Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) teams to identify and vet donation recipient organizations for other items to offload. Sony Pictures productions successfully reduced landfill waste by donating furniture, art supplies and household items to organizations serving local community members.  

Sustainable Lumber 

Sony Pictures expresses its commitment to promoting biodiversity and preserving natural resources by encouraging use of sustainably harvested lumber on set. Specifically, Sony Pictures strives to expand the availability of sustainably harvested plywood in key markets, to increase industry use of sustainably sourced products and therefore drive price premiums down whenever possible.