supplies, well, we're now the grounded with the old we said recently, now, we'll all have more of them for longer made injury. d, w. these places in europe are smashing wreckers. dip into up all the furniture is the treasure map for what we might feel good in the moment, but long term, it's just not healthy. the same goes for our natural resources. if everyone in the world used as many resources as us citizens, for example, we'd need 5 planets to sustain us. if we all lived like germans, 3 earths, china would take up to india, just about one. on average, we're using resources at the rate of one and a half us, meaning that it takes the planets around 18 months to produce or regenerate the

ecological resource as humanity consumes in one here is becoming increasingly clear . we can't go on this way, producing the surplus of goods and just flowing them away, conserving resources, that's our topic today on made. online shopping has sparks and increase in e commerce. here in germany, i'm much the world. so say you've ordered a new pair of running shoes online, they arrive, you try them on, and they don't fit. so back they go. online shopping increases so online returns due to and that has created a boom in perfectly new products, going to waste. just recently, footage of brand new items being destroyed as an amazon logistics center has sparked fury. companies have complained that it's costly to resell, returned items. germany has banned the destruction of undamaged new goods and retailers following the rules. an amazon logistics center in germany, film,

but green piece undercover the video is said to show brand new clothing being destroyed. it triggered a storm destroying new products. and this is drawing resources isn't carnival in a climate crisis. the greenpeace campaign called out the online giant and raised awareness of the prompts of waste, takes to valuable resources, go into making clothes. one garment comes into contact with up to 3000 different chemicals during production. on the simple white paint and taisha requires 2700 li tons of water, one of her drinks in 2 and a half years. the problem with online retail is that a lot of products get sent back. processing them isn't always worthwhile for the company. every year, 20000000 items are destroyed and germany alone, logistics expert as decker did the math and came up with that number. so our online

retailers, the biggest problem, the line of brick and mortar stores still have a higher sales volume. the online retailers, those, those do see fewer returns. but on the other hand, their amount of surplus stock left over is huge in nonsense. and the industry has grown rapidly before the pandemic, the average person in germany spent more than $900.00 euros and clothing a year. that's a market volume of 56000000000 euros, most of which was spent on fast fashion. because it was the clothing chinese, they offer low priced fashion that saw massive growth being able to dress fashionably for little money. it is very attractive for many people. you're going to manage, especially young people who don't earn so much more. demik was a huge shock to retailers. germany had 3 locked downs and between shops who are

offering cut prices to get rid of stock. still, retailers were left with mountains of unsold close winter collections, for example, that can't be sold in the summer because i'm a total of $800000000.00 new governments. when so it's the so called corona collection and clinics. it's completely unclear what will happen within many retailers are saying they plan to destroy the game to see. but the mass destruction of new products has actually been under german laws. it's complete nonsense. greenpeace doesn't need to worry noise. we don't know of a single case where brand new clothes that could still be sold or been destroyed. we don't know all 20000 companies and can't look behind every door. there may be a few cases, but we're not aware of. and amazon also feels wrongly accused and issued a statement. the number of products sold and shipped by amazon that have to be disposed of is only a few 1000. and we're working hard to keep reducing the number items

may be donated, sold at a loss, put in storage or recycled. retailers often pass that work onto other companies. so it's not always easy to trace where textiles and then gets us to conduct a study on the disposal of stock price doors at the disposal of corona surplus. no one would cooperate because all these things not just get hushed up on that. and it was only last year that germany toughened up its laws making the disposal of goods that are new or as good as new, especially illegal. the law is mainly designed to create greater transparency, but well at work. most thing is this law only applies to retailers and manufacturers and all of the middleman platforms and disposal firms in between and not included hello. in many cases, the law will remain

a paper tiger and few in time. so what can make a difference? maybe we don't need so many new clothes, people in germany on an average of $95.00 garments each and $1.00 and $5.00 of them never gets more carefully. de activism is the best way to protect the environment. calling you all the time with electronic books and close, you can borrow rent shares. well, lots of models, but they may state support the only problem shopping. it's still a number one hobby in germany. the and speaking of shopping, plastic cards like this are part of our everyday lives. plastic is everywhere with hundreds of millions of tons of plastic packaging, thrown away each year,

calling our past cities are rivers in our oceans. it's a serious issue. so much so that this card gives you a clue about how much plastic you may even be eating without your knowledge. who did you know that you live in a world full of plastic? in the water you drink and even the air you breathe and the food you eat is full of tiny plastic particles. every week you ingest up to 5 grams of micro plastics about the equivalent of a credit card. much of that will remain in your body with as yet unknown effect on your health. a 3rd of all the plastic produce goes into the packaging that you buy . if you're a german, you generate an average 38 kilograms of ways from plastic packaging every year. that's more than the european average of 24 kilograms. and no matter where you live,

the richer you are, the more ways to generate. if you buy things online, you'll create even more plastic ways. chances are you'll use half of your plastic products only once, and then discard them. but the plastic will stick around and you and your environment for the most part, not just for your lifespan, but for centuries. is another statistic that surprised me. every european owns $10000.00 items on average. just imagine what that adds up to for an entire family. when a household is liquidated, a lot of those possessions simply end up in a landfill. in many places, it has given rise to an entire industry clear and services that remove unwanted items from homes. how much of those household, goods, furnishings, and clothing can be reused repurposed already sold? our reporter christian procedures went to hamburg to watch

a house clear in service on the job and experience that brings home a lesson in living sustainably. it's a typical case, fully intact, home have to be clear because the occupants of either died are going to care that these people move beyond horton. i know it's got a whole house to clear. the 2 days free flow across the back coffee is i hope you're a little motivated on and that we can get this done quickly if it's to be. so if we call the house is in humbugs, affluent suburb, christiane bay, clark. he owns a home liquidation syn promised the estates is that he will clean everything out and leave the house, sweat clean, so that a real estate agent can sell it. thought he, here we have the dining room. it's difficult with furniture right now. movers the

charity shop probably wouldn't wanted and we can't give it away the only thing. com me on the heavier and doc of the furniture. the harder it is to find a new home for it these days like target and i've got it. sadly, the china cabinet is destined for the incinerator. maybe there's something in the next room that can be used. this once in the living room, we try not to just throw everything away because we see this every day. and these days it makes sense to reuse things also to ease burden a waste on the environment which has the scope of anything like that. and then the movie is why does it not? and fell off the living room furniture to a 2nd. hands store in hamburg every week. christiane vacant deals with new clients in of a mile from the guns. the way family members approach a house very widely. we see a whole range of responses in some find it hard to say goodbye. i tried to walk

through a lot themselves, and in some cases it may have dragged on for years and they went off hyphen on behalf of people who don't seem to care a distance to end a project very objectively. exactly. and who would rather just get rid of it all quickly, doesn't sound as i understand. or the last calendar entry was 7 months ago. who were the people who lived here to children who are now in the family, one se, gains together? the most recent inhabitants with the widow you'd like to knit and say that who tend to have everything they need already? i think the patients often different, so not everything will fit is home and they'll take a photo album, mementos. but i'd say that when it comes to the furniture and most of the things a lot will be left over lighthouse feeders in place. the teen gets down to work

the, the european phones 10000 objects. mostly the contents of this home will be thrown out filling up 5 fund those the week and the dishes they'll go to the city recycling center is building rebels. it's a waste. what else can you do? and i think it can be wise to depart with things. sometimes she wanted, she could keep some things for herself. is she ever tempted and has her job changed her in any way? there's been a decision that i've actually switched to having fewer things myself because you notice that you don't need that much. they thought the household items in a tubs,

a few things still that can you. why can't they sell them? and letting someone were to hire us to sell it on, consignment be a problem, wages would need to be paid. and then the whole thing would have to be probably wouldn't be worth it. a little more about the system. the me of these things are going to the 2nd hand store. they won't get much money for it, but they'll save them garbage collection fees. it's hard work. do they ever get back problems? month 1000000 times. but people just sit around all day in the office, also get back problems the job a couple of times a year, about 40 percent of which transport and waste collections. so do they just clear everything out and go there mark that much. the real estate agent wants to be able to sell the house easily. it needs to look presentable. now that's why we left the lamps and sign and a few curtains so that it still looks comfortable. but most of the contents need to

go out of the house could be sold for at least $600000.00 view. ready when a new family lives in bell, once again, fill it up with tens of thousands of new objects. being energy efficient is key, but it's easier said than done. it's not just about getting the right policies in place. perhaps the most difficult part is changing our behavior. german economist and climate textbook cloudy comfort knows this better than most. she explains why we need to put more energy into saving energy. first one, energy saving light bulb, then 234. we're always hearing that we need to save energy. energy right bulbs can indeed save a lot of electricity and money to at least 100 years a year. but then we use one of the trips in a rental car, our,

my little splurge. this one also uses electricity. energy economic export, cloudy, a comfort, understands the dilemma. saving energy is a challenge to come. how can i find, leave there to see more energy? we spoke miss bond in the past, what you're experiencing is known as the rebound effect. you work hard to save energy. when you have more disposable income, which you spend on more energy, we have to counteract them with targeted policies under my like a carbon tax for example, designed as an incentive to reduce energy use. that's my, this is my boiler source of heat that relies on natural gas through easements golf on doc i now have to pay a carbon tax for every ton of carbon dioxide and that i am made with this heater because it costs me 125 years a year gets, gets off and terminated now has

a carbon tax worth. so we're hitting people's pocketbooks. why aren't businesses and the super ranch mean? first, instead of the little guy that unfair, it's f, my get a, this was a, 1st of all, it's fair that those who inflict more climate damage pay for that i had high earning households have a bigger carbon footprint. they drive more cars live in bigger apartments and use more fossil and heating fuels. stop. so they have to pay a higher price on the air because it would be unfair if low income households had to pay disproportionately more without getting relief targeted. and for like a climate or other relief program would be better failure. even more important is the promotion of energy saving measures. unfortunately, a little is being done. their last pocket labor to be in is worldwide. we need more focus on saving energy, either kill of every kilowatt hour that isn't produced is what helps the climate most. and that needs to be emphasized why is so little being done to conserve

energy? yeah, does integrate foreign bond eating energy has never really been a popular topic for politicians because it's about creating incentives to usage. it's always easier to stand in front of an only inaugurated wind turbine and to take measures that really save energy. so 5 and power guzzling sectors like the steel industry are rarely incentivized to cut their usage. instead, they put their responsibility on politicians who pass it on to consumers. it's a global trend. so my investment also for from the research shows that this is widespread is it's a p r campaign on the part of lobbyists designed to shift responsibility away from company. and pass it on to consumers, but consumers can't reduce societies, energy use on their own without other measures. companies and politicians often try to avoid the subject, but more and more people understand that something has to change and they're ready . the politicians who need to catch up on

a ticket. i think there's too much pressure on us consumers, but we all have to take responsibility. that's why my new motto is, use energy don't wasted. a clear message that certainly saving energy at an individual level can make a difference. but will that be enough when it comes to conserving resources? perhaps what we really need to do is to think big our shocking energy wasting habits. what are our biggest sins? pick an average city in northern europe, we'll call it north town. let's look at a typical family. ah, it's early in the morning and the children are already streaming the film. the y fi router is always on even when it's not in use. there's no stand by mode. the device uses around 12 kilowatt hours a month. that's about the same as

a modern energy efficient refrigerator. billions of kilowatt hours a wasted around the world, out of convenience, and the desire to always be online. meanwhile, the children's father had clocked in for a shift at the factory. a paper mill. the production process gives up hot air which rises unused to the ceiling. that energy could be used more effectively for heating all over the world. companies avoid investing and such changes because they usually only pay off after 5 years. ah, analysts say industry has the greatest untapped potential for saving energy. the children's mother worked at a company that uses cloud services on the internet. they require huge server farms which also produce a lot of heat that goes unused. this would actually be enough to heat an entire apartment building. at the end of the day,

the families sit down for an evening meal. the weather is cold, so the heating is on the north town. around 30 percent of all the energy used goes into heating. that's largely because most buildings aren't properly insulated. better insulation could save the family up to 70 percent on their heating bill. and that's just one typical family. the whole of north town could save a lot of energy. so it's clear we have to rethink our habits from the ground up. literally not just what's in our homes, but what they're made out of building from natural materials could be part of the solution. amberlynn is playing host to a growing number of buildings made of wood done to report with deer and food that they have nothing to do with the story.

the story is about construction size, concrete buildings, and the hopes and dreams of people living in concrete building. maybe it's far, it is a dream. so there is a connection. after all, that might explain why would the fashionable construction material it's those almost 20 percent of new bills in germany are made of would be that there are no, it's just about anybody who enters a home made of wood is almost always overwhelmed by its quality. and atmosphere. and when you go into a newly built wooden house, you'll feel wonderful from the very 1st moment thanks to the structural design and the very special atmosphere will not thomas beckon's company is developing. what essentially the tool is, wouldn't apartment building in germany? 29 stories 90 meters kind. it's called,

well have to grow up in the cities decided that entire district should be built of wood who new school buildings might have tinder and there is some justification for that. we have to aim to be climate neutral in our cities, with trees of bouncy to the centuries. and when the timber is used for building it remains bound then. so that the key difference between wood and concrete, from the south baton concrete is getting a lot of bad press. nowadays. a key ingredient is cement, and according to the us intergovernmental panel on climate change, the cement industry accounted for 3 times more c, o, 2 emissions than commercial, aviation, and 119. another un record says construction and building usage of the source of 38 percent of global c o 2 emissions

concrete is the default construction material, at least for large scale projects. an entire new concrete course is going up in a district of berlin. only one building currently under construction will be mostly made of wood. only foundations and staircases will be made of concrete architect far each robbie has been working with wood for well over a decade who's indefinite. busy if you knew you were definitely pioneers and such, we've also suffered. we had to overcome many obstacles that we met with a lot of resistance from the authority. we had to assemble a team of experts and of course, convince our client's property owners to begin with. with anything but easy, i bought in 48 in berlin as a recent project to the 6 story co op with about 40 apartments is almost entirely made of wood and a fine list for the 2021 german sustainability for architecture liberal

law to put in the on a on practice didn't originally warm to word for ecological read. honestly, the article knows who it was, 2007. and i had started thinking about what, perhaps 2 years earlier for it's a static aspects aspect. i just thought it uniform in that goal. that's all, no, it was only later that i learned how eco friendly it is. and that it binds large amounts of c o 2 that's it's yeah, alec is younger than not also on the high rise. it's not just meant to be eco friendly, but also an exercise in inclusive and social cohesion. it won't be condo for the rich, but rather housing for people of all income levels. it's about living in a neighborhood in a community. if you live in a project like this, you have to have the right attitude to would as well because it lives and moves and creek. you have to be able to and want to deal with that. avoid that to build with timber, you have to cut down trees,

how eco friendly is that what we certainly shouldn't just chopped down and tie as far as so they've gone forever. we need to use the resources we have in germany and central europe, and fell tree selectively. importing timber from further afield would be less sustainable. construction kids at the warehouse in downtown been in the fall goes to plan. wouldn't skyscrapers should be standing by 2026 it shows conserving resources and living the good life can go hand in hand. that's all we have time for on this edition of mate. thanks for watching. the

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