some tips for your bucket list. for. some great cultural memorials to boot. and welcome to global 3000 coming up. how an innovative policy is shaping one brazilian towns response to the pandemic. fashion trends change all the time so want to do with all that textile waste. and of bloom in construction that's putting the world sand stores at risk of

depletion. cars computers cell phones airplanes you name it we may take them for granted but these everyday products require vast quantities of natural resources to be produced in 2020 alone trade and mineral resources amounted to some 1.6 trillion dollars by 2025 that figure is set to rise to $2.00 trillion. in the wrong materials are often extract it is part of huge mining operations getting your hands on one ton of pure metal means boring through hundreds of tons of rock the environmental impact can be dramatic with large swathes of land destroyed the same applies to sand according to the u.n. every year an estimated 50000000000 tons of sand is used in the construction industry. on may 24th 20043 men attacked

this an environmental activist on a beach in mumbai. she tried to stop them stealing the precious and. since that day these types of attacks have just gotten worse it sounds hard to believe but reports from india show that's home to the world's deadliest child machias criminal gangs that have been journalists alive activists to death and run of the police officers with trucks. but why are people so desperate for sat and is it really so valuable. sounded everywhere the tomic on the road the concrete in your house the glass of your windows and the silicon chip in your photo we've most times each year than any other material on the planet and it's stood the test of time. but given that one 3rd of all the land on earth is classified as desert you'd think fan would be easy to get hold of right. wrong

even desert countries in the middle east import sound from as far away as australia and canada the world's tallest building in the main 130 meter skyscraper in dubai that was built with sand for more than 10000 kilometers away. that's because of the type of sound that fueling the world's construction boom doesn't sound as too smooth for most concrete because the grains have been polished by the wind it's like the difference between running your hand over these round hazel nuts walnuts there's not enough friction to make it strong enough to build instead people take easy to reach sam from rivers beaches and the sea floor and this can't be replenished on human time scales. we know that denote for this resource going to continue to grow and already causing problems. many places in the world. this is louise gallagher author of a landmark un report and 29000 on solving sound shortages now scientists always complain the need. but when it comes to sand they really have no idea. second

most consumed resource after water and we don't know where it's coming from and what the impact of that are that's the nature of the problem. but what they do know worries researchers in 2017 model that global demand side is growing much faster than what's easily available. in the world would need to make more sound find new sources of it or just use less otherwise it will run out. this is a big problem because sander the fundamental building block of modern rock sound used in concrete has been essential to the global construction boom as people in emerging economies move to cities people around the world are building more and more india has become the 2nd biggest cement producer of the last half century singapore has built artificial island that have increased its land mass by a quarter and it did this with massive amounts of sand imported from its neighbors

. the same crisis isn't even just a problem of scarcity the industry is small scale and by the regulated that's hurting people in ecosystems today. miners take sand from the bottom of rivers in the sea for low pay and without oversight there are reports of child labor from india to uganda. is no protection there's no the river bed is getting deeper so they have to constantly you know go. back you know they develop. health complications but of course it's illegal there's no support at all right. karen per hour as an independent researcher who's written a book on solving the crisis she cites a report from an environmental group last year that counted $193.00 people who died through illegal for mining in india in just 2 years. huge.

it's bound to have. these impact at the moment. and. mining as to climate threats like rising sea levels and dropped it erodes beaches destroys river beds and makes landslides more likely an estimated half a 1000000 people living along the river will need to be moved from collapsing river banks partly because of sand mining in india has pushed species like the gary to the verge of extinction. how can we sold the global santa crisis. experts say the 1st step is cutting the amount of concrete we can use that could mean using more efficient concrete mixes with less cement or replacing it altogether with alternatives like timber around building denser cities means less concrete for each person. then site needs to be re-used when buildings are demolished the waste can be crushed and mixed into cement rubble can be used to

make building foundations and rate there's already happened in some places where new building materials are expensive germany for instance recycled more than 2 thirds of its construction ways but in countries like india and bangladesh it's less than 10 percent by you taking that approach we're taking into account the fact that this material is not. able to us in. terms for evermore you know. a little as you would want. the 3rd thing is finding and certifying sustainable sources of sand take green it's increasing the world's supply of sand as it's light feet melts that's already delivered 8 percent of the sediments added to the world's oceans each year it's hard to believe but global warming is speeding up that process. experts say that mining agreement signed could ease the pain of quitting concrete for the rest of the world but it would have to be done together with local communities and without hurting the pristine arctic wildlife and. that brings us to the final point they solutions just help fix the

shortages of sound but to protect people and nature governments also need to regulate the industry and enforce rules to stop the illegal sign trade for a tad bit out sat there are plenty of examples where our ability to construct does not is is not dependent on that we can decouple and so we can still build and allow for human parity without destroying our ecosystem. what is a circular economy. good bye to that empty to go on the way to work farewell to their pair of worn out shoes the out of date smartphone so long. our daily lives are dominated by a relentless round of production and consumption in the process we waste valuable

resources squandering finite commodities such as oil gas and precious metals. throwing things away creates a lot of trash and harmful emissions. we could look to nature as an example it's cyclical plants grow and die their nutrients flow back into the ground and the process starts again. can we create cycles in which today's products become tomorrow's raw materials absolutely the principle is known as a circular economy. the goal is to preserve natural resources reduce carbon emissions and avoid mountains of trash. most modern electronics contain rare earth elements and precious metals but while broken t.v.'s can be used to make new tablets other products such as batteries are full of chemicals and valuable role materials that aren't so easy to bring back into the cycle separating all

those parts is costly and labor intensive. but the process works well with p.t. bottles 500 trillion of them are used each year worldwide. is an artificial resin made from crude oil and natural gas the cycle starts when p.t. bottles are produced next fill filled to supermarket shelves and saw. once the contents are consumed the bottles are placed into recycling machines. and recycling centers they're turned into granular it which is used as the basis for new products such as new bottles grocery bags and football jerseys and that's how 100 percent of the recycled p.t. bottles end up back in the circular economy mass production is also an issue in the fashion industry some 120000000000 articles of clothing are produced annually with the market growing all the time worldwide the average consumer buys 20 articles of

clothing a year in germany it's over 50 that means one new garment proto. some brands bring out a new collection more than once a month and people just keep on buying so what can be done embracing the circular economy could help and that's the topic of our new series. ngugi shirt new pants another t. shirt a new hoodie. and maybe another pair of sneakers on special offer most likely all these new garments will end up in the trash sooner rather than later just like $92000000.00 tons of textiles every year only one percent of that gets recycled the true price of fast fashion. between 2015 the clothing production meanwhile the announcement. used for the individual items used for actually decreased by. this sorting facility in eastern germany

takes in a lot of unwanted clothing but here it's treated as a new resource every day worker sort of to 200 tons of items based on their condition style and type of material it's one of the largest facilities of its kind in europe garments come from all over the world through in-store collection and recycling containers they're either sent to 2nd hand shops or sold to recycling firms to create new fabrics some $500000000000.00 u.s. dollars could be earned every year worldwide and if the clothes industry would shift to a circular economy. valuable resources abound in our clothing and. it is it is it would be a shame to not reuse ally's these review resources we are creating value again because we are identifying items that do didn't have the demand of the

customer who previously owned it anymore nonetheless there are other people who are demanding these types of garments. and that's how the value is created the need for more recycling is growing fast fashion now. is partnering with money from a privileged based initiative called circular fashion it's seeking to move the industry towards a more sustainable model we are dealing with also very valuable product kashmir for example. through identified by simply touching it and this in a way is a showcase for what's about to come with regards to material recognition because this we can identify however when we're dealing with various mixes. we need more precise information find a future is a bill be relevant is it like 80 percent illicit 90 percent will because the recycling thing for a much different quantities that you know is expected this is one of the percent will. combine materials which are all 80 percent so that the output of the

recycling is really usable for the fashion industry. many of the items that end up here are no longer wearable around 60. right now most of that goes to the automotive industry but it's impossible to utilise the full potential of the styles while sorting everything by hand this is where the technology developed. and just colleagues comes into it so. this is actually intelligence or thinks they should just put a scanner and crudest down there as soon as a garment comes to the table with an idea inside. and we get all the products specifications and with this product we can calculate. the best case. workers still have to decide whether the miss wearable and the wish to shown

on the screen truly circular products will one day contain information from the whole. changing. the conventional textile industry is resource intensive and it relies on oil chemicals and 93000000000 cubic meters of water every year the difference in a circular model starts at the very beginning of the product. it's all about from the outset the design principle ensuring that you are eliminating waste and pollution but you are keeping products materials in use and you are generating. take dying the conventional approach uses water and chemicals one reason why fashion is responsible for 20 percent of the world's waste water. companies different its facility in vietnam dies polyester without process chemicals or water or the 5 meters of water just to die that's only one t. shirt so if you look at it is that it will be under 50 meters of water if ever you

need to die. this is what you say if we don't use that. they work with reclaimed carbon dioxide instead fabric is loaded into the dining vessel c o 2 is attard and brought to the right temperature and pressure only pure dies or yeast with no additional chemicals needed to clean dye is currently producing 10000000 readers some died fabric a year that's not much compared to global demand but looks just skyrocket production as interest in this is stain of all method gross this is also. to the rest of the apparel industry if you were. there and started by them. it's the same. there are solutions it's not only ours there are more i think you're one of the important solutions so let's everybody help to make this world

a cleaner base with resources becoming more scarce many businesses are reconsidering. waste in a circular economy clothes are designed to be worn for a long time after that intelligence solutions can ensure the recycled for maximum benefit the transition to this mentality is slowly getting underway. ok to cheat. this week's global team lives in the dominican republic. and i am away and my name's wesley i'm 16 years old and i live in the very own punta cana district in the dominican republic.

they don't have a lot of siblings. 6 of them. i have fun with my friends and i enjoy going to high school so. we play basketball a lot it's one of the biggest sports here along with baseball. and the electronic trap and demo. i thought of before but i hope that i can have a good life that isn't all of difficulties single how much i look my mother has

a hard time i mean. i hope i can help my mother in the future but i you know i'm a mom on a footboard on for me on the future is what i do here in the present although so much enough at a certain. i really like to be an architect. that but if that doesn't work out then i think i'd enjoy working with photographs and videos they might enjoy laughing on on the phone when i don't have anything to do and i like to go places with a lot of people and have fun with the. others as. well and the biggest problems are economic problems some people have one without the large amounts of money that others have and they have to search for it wasn't it connected with something even have to travel to other countries now because they can't find a job where they live. i

think so. my grandparents told me they never had time to play because they always had to help their parents work. images like these have become a devastating everyday reality in brazil along with india the country has been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic more than 400000 people have died from covert 19 some 15000000 brazilians have been infected. in many towns healthcare systems are on the brink of collapse thousands of people are waiting for treatment in intensive care and. many accuse brazilian president sharable so narrow of failing to take the crisis seriously. now some towns are taking matters into their

own hands. here in multi-color there's no real sign of the pandemic flu. home to some 160000 people the town has remained remarkably economically stable. even poorer areas like this one have been fairing relatively well. layo a vera takes care of her 2 granddaughters here the 65 year old manages this thanks to the basic income payments she receives in the local digital currency known as. the financial aid we get in the car and sees great it's been around for a long time and was increased to the equivalent of 50 euros per person during the pandemic it helps. after the death of his son layla live where i took responsibility for her granddaughters without the digital well thing she wouldn't be able to make ends meet the city government pays the equivalent of 150

euros monthly for the whole family she can use the aid to buy food but not alcohol or cigarettes. that's one of the rules governing the currency which many here use like you would a credit card. payment if you seem to be able to do it's hard to find a job right now. since i have to care for my grandchildren and i'm thankful to the man for increasing the financial aid in mumble care during the pandemic of i love people and i should read you the one before. anyone who has lived in medi-cal for at least 5 years is eligible for the supplemental digital welfare. it all began here at the moon book up back the goes where to help the poorest people support the local economy and prevent public money from going to waste those who register can also receive interest free loans in the digital currency.

could if it went from loan book mary car would be fairing like other towns in brazil would be in trouble but here because of the local currency the shops have been burning since a pandemic we did you going. nearly all shops in america except the moon which has the same value as brazil's official currency the reaal which was of course this policy even advertised as the fact that it accepts the digital currency. money because also weathering the pandemic well in other ways. the new hospital was opened just before the crisis hit. with 116 efficient all beds in i.c.u. available medical has been providing help to neighboring districts. nearly half of our patients have people from other areas who have they may have here our hospital plays an important strategic role for the whole rage and obey to

his you know. because investment in quality of life appears to be paying off base free admission. at the new cinema. renting a bike and taking the bus are both free of charge. there are 30 routes to choose from. so how can the town afford it all the answer lies deep beneath the ocean. the brazilian government drills the oil here and pays the town $150000000.00 euros each year for the privilege. to turn then invests that money straight back into the local people's standard of living. and that. we're doing well here i love mari the mare is wonderful. the workers party may have won 90

percent of the vote in the last elections he credits his socialist policies for the town's resilience during the pandemic. unlike the rest of brazil marty carr has developed a nationally well we've even managed to create more jobs subject to statutory welfare contributions during the pandemic. that's due to the many emergency programs we've established. with programs. as well as the regular welfare payments businesses like this cross that studio received. it was shut down for months due to the pandemic and after that had to enforce strict rules. the state offered compensation on the condition that the manager keep paying his fellow employees and not fire them that was the way to go and thanks to the aid we've been able to survive and to keep paying rent and salaries. we're a family business. the pandemic may not yet be over but in money

people optimistic about the future. that wraps up this edition of global 3000 if you have any thoughts on today's show right to us at 3000 and d w dot com or check out global ideas on facebook next time.

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