people of east germany in. the mideast turned around clamorous for german unity journalist peter limburg was at the scene. 30 years later he looks back on the. interest and starts december 19th d.w. . hello from kampala welcome to the leftist edition of our environmental program it off rekha a coal production in germany n.t.v. in uganda on china's t.v. in nigeria i am saundra to know you're on to the next will be packed full of interesting stories on good ideas my lovely colleague nieto from nigeria has more

details thank you sandra i'm now inside me here in lagos and i am glad you could join us today show will take us on lions to hippos to gardens on city rubes just an example of ideas up protect the environment and make it a breed more livable here's what's coming up on the show. who will be taking a look at how they're using plastics to build roads in south africa. what towns in these doing to stop messiah walrus and killing lions. and how a german company is pondering environmentally friendly back to recycling. but 1st sandra has today's top story over to you something new to our top story is really all about hip we ladies in africa love to change our health so it's really like the straight calling long shalt and part 7 of me in white honest pale we've all extensions may be the answer but they'll open made of. which results in

a lot of waste now young woman in pink will be placing synthetic extensions but i'm not sure environmentally friendly material is even want to price for it. for many women their hair is their corning guard if they are knocking it all just falls into place and shines but sometimes even the loveliest hair needs someone at this hairdressing salon in nairobi they use size so for head extensions and braids in a wide variety of colors the owner of the saloon i assume took us a bully came up with the idea to use a 5 buzz in head dressing she founded us with braids 2 years ago after kenya advantage single use plastic products and to then hex tensions were usually made of plastic i prefer. on say so because big boys may wind rain

phone doesn't do they make him roll in doesn't cut it when being painted size so 5 by extensions are not just eco friendly they also proved to be cheaper over time the hairdresser's here say demand is growing. look at branding with size so here is very good because even when my clients and do their hair they still use them but the thing said to care is only used once before and then thrown away the difference is that this text will not to braid unlike synthetic hair and it also states know within 30 care i braid very fast that some talk of drugs once a week took a comic almost 400 kilometers west of nairobi to cover size of leaves and process the 5 pence together with employee as a can malacca. their

fibers are soaked in a solution to soften them and then left to dry then they have died and packaged each set says for they quiver and off one us dollar some took us a boor is confident she could grow our business in relation to come in this invention is due to the notice from the central government of kenya. they said that this 1030 we are polluting the environment i removed and right on me so i stayed and thought how to remove synthetic ones when i tell you this in the thick then they take their biodegradable natural hair on a mint back to the side on in there will be 10 of the regular customers committed fans of the new braids and extensions and some talk as a buri has enjoyed the support of the think positive alternative exists mentorship

program run by the destroy touch money center she dreams of setting her eco friendly fashion products around the world one day but for now she is concentrating on the domestic market in kenya. those excesses made of slice it can be useful force it so they're not really a budget that environment but he thinks about about how buffy's what's going saying oh toxic substances traditional ones have these on us it new ones for and that's it was made public young couples may call on other metals that are not only dangerous but fun with someone only of all it's a lot of these chemicals can be separated unfixed lent now a company and somebody was pushed up the recycling efficiency was the. germany is car country statistically every 2nd president owns an automobile christiane harnish does to the end. neer also knows that when old cars end up in

the junkyard a mountain of scrap and waste is created harnish wants to salvage and recycle as much of the old cars as he can and he'd like to make a living from it. he once a small company that recycles car batteries. he specializes in batteries for electric vehicles which contain a lot of valuable raw materials especially metals. but it's not easy to extract them and it can also be dangerous. but that didn't discourage the businessman. the batteries are already out so it makes sense to extract the raw materials and reuse them we saw a huge potential in that. so 10 years ago the process engineer founded the dusun felt company this special shredder is at the heart of this firm it shreds the scrap

batteries turning them into granular it. there's a good reason for the thick steel plates in the machine they protect the inner walls from the liquid components in the battery electrolyte which is highly explosive. finding a way to separate the electrolyte from other components was the biggest challenge it took harnish 10 years of drawing calculating and testing now the pure battery fluid flows into a steel tank. this is the electrolyte fluid no one else can do that his company sells it to the chemical industry. the granulated lands in the sorting machine which results in a grayish powder. at 1st glance it doesn't look like it's worth much. now to be fooled this is the fuel for electrolytic it contains lithium cobalt

nickel and manganese and that's what we want to extract. to do that tarnish needed experts on chemical processes he found them at a university close by professor to a b s albert knows exactly which acids can be used to extract the precious metals without dissolving them. but isolating numerous metals from the great powder is a challenge even for him he was so taken with the idea that he became a partner at deuce and felt. in the meantime the specialist in hydro metallurgy is able to break down the grain powder step by step into its components cobalt sulfate carbonate nickel sulfate and manganese saw fate. in this pure form the precious raw materials can be used in the production of batteries.

to keep the impact on nature small as possible it's naturally desirable to keep the cycle of raw materials as small as possible the dusun failed company has proven that it can extract precious metals from batteries albeit on a small scale soon though these special shredders will be placed at various locations around europe. and instead of the recyclable powder christiane harnish wants to be able to sell the precious metals themselves for that though he needs his own chemical factory. thanks to the 100 lot of thinking about it all but it's wonderful when you see that what you come up with is being put into effect. he can already recycle 75 percent of the batteries he gets his competitors only manage a 3rd of that as a pioneer in recycling christiane harnish has shown what's possible. now it's time for this we do indeed think it's

a really good idea for the environment so you think the continent. well in the east and can't return the new living technology was going to be tested in a few countries but it's he's already looking like an old manatee to combination of old men something. that's right sandra i mean it's good for our country. it's got profit growth uses up waste from 1800000 profit by 653 bottles and kidneys are kind of waste i'll be environment will definitely make a difference. in south africa only 16 percent of plastic waste is recycled. the rest ends up in landfill sites all the environment the municipality of port elizabeth is now building the 1st of a plastic road in the region the asphalt makes contains pellets made of shredded

plastic waste they come from a firm in scotland that wants to test this new kind of roadway in south africa. the way i think that we are the big factors that would not be recycling going. for the right but. by removing protected on the bed to ban reducing them but there are. why mention that before you. feel that the department of the world. obviously reducing i think that's right into that boat. and pretending to be. the company says that compared to standard concrete roads that's also last longer if the test proves to be a success the company will consider building a plant in south africa to process locally generated plastic waste each kilometer uses the equivalent of 684000 plastic bottles making the environment a little bit cleaner. and how about you.

if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet hash tag doing your beat. we share your stories. now humans and wild animals living in the same region not a good mix. often hunted and killed lions in retaliation for the big cats attacking their life. spirit or even poison and. now a project is trying out a simple solution to ease the problem making friends in areas where because i can spend the night in safety. people have protected there. is a natural barrier is made of shrubs and bushes cows and goats are an important status

symbol and a vital source and food and sometimes get to the corals in times of drought the natural virus can dry out so the messiah have gone on the offensive the predators themselves are becoming prey the difference is that today beyond just a spear people can pick up poisons they can pick up guns and that means that they can kill a lot more animals in one go and so instead of just losing one lion in a conflict incident we can lose the entire prize up to 1015 animals at a time. experts estimate that around 37000 lions live in the african savannas 2 decades ago since then the number in africa has dropped by 40 percent put the lions on the list of species considered vulnerable to extension the main reason is the loss of habitat and lack of prey but on open savannah as well lions still roam

poaching for body parts and revenge killings are the next most significant threat not only in tanzania this is a big new sort of red flag on the rise and lions are now being killed all over southern africa in large numbers and never have their faces cut off their feet cut off or think it's more than 50 lion monitors from a cycle munity as have been trained by the african people and wildlife initiative in tanzania they're there to convince members of their tribe to protect the lions instead of killing them. warriors like to te petro is one of the monitors he thinks it's important that both humans and lions have enough room to live. if we were to continue protecting these lions our children we continue seeing them and future generations will continue seeing them and they would then protect lions because they will be educated to do so. thousands of this live in fences made of

acacia trees and chain link fence have been put up with the ngo. the modern fence makes it more difficult for alliance and to the corals and this way it reduces the size loss of life stuck. in several years like 9 years that's the time i've had leaving fans have not been attacked one's neighbor good cows absolutely. in 201715 lions were killed here for attacking livestock. this year reports only 2 had been killed thanks to the living and the work done by the lion monitors. it's been beneficial for all sides of the line population can recover and so can the herds in messiah community is.

now let's head to the waters but this time in west africa a sanctuary around the black border reviving northwest and ghana is the only natural habitat for pygmy hippos in the country a couple of years ago there were only 2 conservation efforts by the local community have helped them bounce back activists believe they are almost 40 hippos living around today that's. why those hoping to catch sight of the rare reclusive animals have a good chance here in northeastern ghana near the border with ivory coast and picking a fascinating you'll often see the head spalding in the waters of the black belt a river. pygmy hippos are viewed as totems by people in the area there especially important as cultural symbols for the wallet and low b. tripes. after lie the high

school is one of the chief ranges of the west community hippo sanctuary he recalls how local village chiefs founded the conservation program 20 years ago. the reason for protecting the people and meant is to keep the poor life and with turn it into a corner so that children in the next generation or more power the hippo and the. poor also use the. opportunity for the while. the tourist season has started up again but the roads leading to the area are bad and the journey is difficult. chore guide to be anyhow lena says that prevents many tourists from making the trip thanks to the conservation initiatives the number of pygmy it posts here is increased from 2 to almost 40 the project has also been

boosted by the number of visitors who come. really interesting because. all over the world and we receive vets randi in. power the 900 every year so the numbers of people increase and because of that where we had when i went for my community and we get benefits from the poor get and my community people are put. to visitors pay around 6 your rates for a tool that's a week's wage for many people in ghana a large part of this income is divided among the villages in the protected area. as a result these women and girls no longer have to walk all the way to the river to fetch water at all the residential areas now have their own wells coach financed by the century. the center also runs an alternative livelihood project in

beekeeping the beehives attended by local people sales of the honey will provide additional income for 5 communities here. so what is going to happen is the harvest and they have a deal they can sell and then use the proceeds to put more hives into the fence and also get profit out of it they use their money to send the children to school to buy clothes for the children one of the local people who has benefited from the hip or protection and initiative it's a mile and a beauty. his teacher training was paid for by donation. the 24 year old has been back here for several years and now teaches children in one of the villages in the protected area. i just grew level

are messed up there to chop up their. teaching them because most of them are british fluent when it comes to speaking and there was a pretty much attention to whatever residence would be r. or d. adopted what we call good or quality listeners process. right now of july is a haiku it's busy assigning his people to the new safari routes the century success over the past decades has motivated neighboring communities to several villages further up the river now want to join the initiative to benefit from protecting pygmy. our next report takes us in a different capital do you know what the population of carries over 9000000 it being clear greater carried out to be over 20000000 than makes it the 2nd most populous metropolitan area in africa after of course by legal and also you know

near to the large cities come with a lot of problems like meeting the city's food needs there is plenty of farmland along the nile of course and egypt still imports are a lot of food now there's also an english city that is wanting to use the city's rooftops as gardens let's bet visit to one of these green or says. oh. every day mohammed tends to his garden for 3 years now the morrison has been planting different vegetables on the rooftop terrace of his mosque in the quarter of a teen. it's a patch of green in the concrete jungle of cairo. mainly looking to create a clean atmosphere in the area and on the roof but not much more than that. the income generated from this goes into the charity trust here at the mosque.

he often brings his grandchild along who really loves war cayle. mohammed didn't have to pay for the equipment kyra based organization should do for installed it for free. shareef cousin e. and his brother set up the n.g.o.s 8 years ago they decided to work with hydroponics because that requires little water and no soil and the space for the efficient system on practically any rooftop. i let a lot of us and we did that for families with low income and this kind of project can raise income a little bit. of them inferred be valuable for that so it doesn't have only environmental benefits but also social ones. in poorer districts like how one roofs are often cluttered with old trash should do

things now setting up 500 gardens here instead the residents of this building set up their micro farm 3 months ago and now they're ready to harvest for the 1st time i get me it's beautiful i wish everyone would do this and those who have the space should get involved and do this to. get up there unused here installing a rooftop garden cost the equivalent of $630.00 euros but the families only have to pay around $20.00 euros of that. 95 percent of the large scale project is being financed by a swiss foundation shadowy fires any surplus produce and sells it in the egyptian capital with the help of other local n.g.o.s. mortaza mustapha installed the 1st rooftop garden 8 years ago since then he's put

up over 200 of them. were enough of her mind or city on this rooftop where working with 2 families work. because they were each one will receive 2 set ups that's $420.00 plants in total. after the staff i'm sure do explain to the families how often the plants need watering and which strains grow best. plus rob look at our we have our own projects where we planted seeds with young girls between $9.15. people of any age can learn how to use this hydroponic system you know whether. it's not complex or hard to maintain how we damage one of. the residents also learn how to get started by placing wicking strips in all the cups they feed water to the roots. then seeds around it. they've chosen malaki

a plant widely cultivated in egypt and lettuce. in a few months when the plants have grown to maturity the families can harvest twice a month. i mean we're also beautifying our roof people looking out of the window or coming up here we'll see a lovely scene. the dedication of a few families will hopefully inspire others to follow the rooftop gardens are already helping cairo grow a little greener. that's all from us today we heard a lot of fun and we hope you enjoyed watching it it is a good bye for me. here in kampala. and from me. in lagos see you next week but in the meantime head over to our social media know what you think goodbye and see you again very soon.

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