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one from australia and the other from free lunch and innovative solutions. how a new billboard fish pioneer in china could go some way toward sucking out the plastic in the world's oceans. ah, i'm british manager, welcome to the dublin, use asia that you could join us. the 3rd largest plastic polluter in the world, india has banned the production and use of some single used plastic. the band came into effect and little over a month ago. it covers 19 every day items, including plastic bags, disposable plates, and cutlery, or india already produces some $14000000.00 tons of plastic waste annually. but it's waste. disposal systems are diesel and eyes. single use items such as plastic

bags are clogging its rivers and drains alike. most in bottom, ventless agreed, the band is a necessary step. however, in forcing it is another matter altogether. the key lies in making people aware of the dangers of using single used plastic and some citizens groups are doing their bit to make that happen. we didn't handle good bit of that good role models or robbers from the well known series, money heist. but student ashish kumar has more sustainable goals than robbing a bank. his home town delhi is set to become plastic free. thanks. the so called plastic grades i plotted lot of attend and then we steal plastic from people. some give it to us without much resistance. others get angry. they leave without giving us the plastic . some say company should stop producing plastic. if they stop producing it, people would stop using it left in plastic, plays

a key role in daily life and india. even bands on single use plastic haven't managed to change attitudes. in order to achieve their aims. the plastic ice group has its own mastermind known as the professor. last to go out in plastic, play such a big role in our lives that we don't even realize how much it harms us. for us to fight against plastic is a war and we will win this war. but we will only when it, if we work together and it's conjugating, a local good sweetie thing. in addition to plastic raids, the activists organized performances and exhibitions, focusing on the damaging effects of plastic pollution. they often leave quite an impression a middle, but if not, um yeah, i'll try not to use plastic in the future. i welcome this initiative and am grateful to the organizers, mcgonigal garcia garcia. mac would not go plastic heist say there's still a way to go when it comes to spreading awareness about plastic pollution. but she's

kumar believes that his group can make a real difference. they're already seeing some positive change. i cover the activities, we organize, leave an impression on people what they see, what we do and discuss it at home with their family and friends. that naturally has an impact with over the coming months, plastic ice is planning more reads around delhi. they're still a lot to do before. india's capital is truly plastic free. i and joining me now for more is made her 3rd, but the curve and environment list. i'm direct to the router environmental solutions. accompany involved in converting wished plastic interfere with mr. walter go. how difficult is it to implement a ban on such a convenient, everyday product leg single used plastic

actually it is not that difficult really are. but only thing is i, and we have a lot i, you know, done though, the work because he ran your band, something that has to be done that is available. and for people for businesses. i think a lot of businesses are also facing even simple thing as a replacement aust royce. i think either there should have been more groundwork there should have been more awareness that you know what can be used and i think yeah, but you know, you not to dallas. did something like this is very good for then why me. so then robin is i, you know, i'm really happy about this, but i still feel bad. there is, there should be some more work done before we really implement such kind of a back. you know, we're talking about the federal bond that the government are implemented in july, but that's on the 1st plastic brown in india, free. if you look at it that way. i mean, daily, for example, is that

a single used plastic bomb for sometime that have been other states or india that have had it from before that, i mean, how successful have they been? emma is a, we had a bad time, was declared in 2018 now because it was only for the state, you know, things was still coming from the state. so i don't think it was very successful. but yet it made a success for 4 people because people got aware that such kind of a bad news give me, i'll give it a small example. you know, when it was, it was announced, a person came to, you know, give us a plastic. oh. and he did everything in the metal boxes because he didn't want to get caught by the police. get by invite those are the b. no, but it in creating awareness, but as a bad inter validated wasn't success, we'll let you know, going back to what you were saying earlier. you said that more groundwork should have been done to ensure that this is ben progress as well. and it's implemented

effectively. i mean, my question to you is how much more groundwork is required. this is not a new issue. governments. i've been talking about it, not just federal governments, but state governments. i've been talking about of quite some, quite some time. and now this mission, my band has been announced. if even now the groundwork isn't sufficient, the question is how serious is the government and actually tackling thing in these plastic waste? i think government is very serious, but i think either the businesses and people have taken it lightly simply because, you know, it's been going on for more than 20 years. i think, you know, everybody thinks that day live will always get exchanged and we will always get some more time. so i think businesses have also been very lax about it. you know, because it's just a mentality of thinking that really get their attention. or, you know, they really take off the bat, but i think this time the central government is very, very up, you know, serious, even though, you know, they have to publish the all the requirements and everything for the recyclers

or 4 or so. so now we have to apply to the c, b, c, b, pollution control board and everything i think in a government is doing everything they get. but in terms of groundwater adding awareness and the awareness off, i've done it in a new product that needs to be happen and that not only the awareness but the supply c as a business. if you just want to replace a single straw, you are going to have that much office of light. so i think that's where the gap is, and i think, you know, businesses will look good to fill the gap eyes as a general, a citizen. i think this is good, people are getting of it and i think, you know, we really, it's gets implemented. you know, in the back to me or my, your company works to convert plastics into fuel. is that a more realistic alternative to burning single news?

gloucester winter, sir. hi, it's one of those done. it is because you know, the amount of plastic you can only have a one technology or one innovation that works on every kind of plastic. so i think we have to work with her, you know, mechanical recyclers, people who, upside, because we will use it, you know, or not only, you know, all of us things work together. what do you then we'll see some dent in the recycling. otherwise, you know, as a, even though i, you know, we have to look this technology only did one technology is not a solution that all right, we left for me with the timing but thanks so much for joining us today. and me about that. but forgot environmentalist and director of federal environmental solutions. thank you so much. thank you very much. and a lot of this plastic waste ends up in the world's oceans by some estimates between 752199 1000000 tons. this has a direct impact on the animals that call the seas. their home micro plastics in

particular are extremely dangerous. as many animals mistake them for food and ingesting the plastic can be deadly. looking, cute and healthy. but appearances are deceptive. this green sea turtle hesling barely survived. the animal was found on a beach in sidney. it mistook color for micro plastic floating in the ocean for food. after it was rescued. it defi catered plastic for 6 days in a row. so unfortunately, the debris within the ocean does not address stick to any particular size animal or any specific spaces of animal where it had hatchlings that fit into the palm of your hand that have had plastic in gestation. and i've also had a 100 kilo turtles that have also been found with lots of plastic bags and fishing line and stuff like that inside their internal got system as well. the heckling

only weighs 127 grams. let's hope that it will recover soon in the sydney wildlife hospital, but it's future is answered, tang plastic does not only harm small animals in silica elephants are the victims of plastic digestion. the packet dams, in am power, district about 210 kilometers east of the capitol. colombo are desperate to find food, their nature, a habit. it has been destroyed, and now they venture into human settlements. there they seek out the waist in the landfills or food. a deadly mistake. ha, ha, tomorrow yes, i'm for what we noticed in the elephants that died in the garbage dump. they were there was that their stomachs were mostly empty. when a thing holly theme bags are food wrappers, stick and other non digestible. sas were seen in bulk, in their stomachs and in their food path, and the rest was water. there. the normal food that elephants eat and digest was

not evident hammer the plastic locks up their stomachs. the elephant then starved to death. during the last 8 years, 20 elephants have died after consuming plastic waste in sri lanka. which is why scientists and activists are constantly looking for ways to reduce plastic condition. and the hom it does to the environment. researchers at the university of each one in southwest in china, are working on a fish robot that they hope could help to rid the oceans. of micro plastics. they say the robot measuring just 1.3 centimeters in size can already suck up micro plastics in shallow water. their aim is to enable the devices to hoover up the plastics of deeper levels. they also hope the miniature robots will be able to collect and analyze information on marine pollution in real time. well, no one's here is controlled by light, enabling it to move in a specific direction. to a certain extent,

we can also control the direction it moves in boy, which allows us to prevent it from colliding with other fish or ship. this means that we are able to control this route, which is actually what we had been trying to achieve with its accidentally eaten by other fish. this is not a problem as it's made of biodegradable material on the zone toggle and these are so busy and that's it for this week as ever. there is more on our website, the w dot gov, forward slash isha. and you can follow us on facebook and twitter as well. we're back again at the same time. next week on monday, we'll see you then to by ah, my chevy issues with all say gray, he will be ah. by

going to have it in the glistening place of the mediterranean sea scene of muster. and so far abdul karim drift along with exploring modern lifestyles and the mediterranean 2 in journey in 10 episodes stuart's august 14th on d. w. ah, tensions between china and the us over ty, one are at fever pitch with bay genes, military posturing in the taiwan strait had key shipping wrote what's this mean for global trade? and for the world's top export her computer chips. an example of a circular economy with an ecological twist,

using the sans energy to turn the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide back into jet fuel and tracking the production of palm oil. as we start up uses tech to try to ensure plantations don't use child labor and are easy on the environment. i'm ben for solon. let's do business. you worries about trade in asia and knock on effects for the global economy. china says it's sanctioning us how speaker nancy pelosi and her family. after she visited taiwan aging, considered the self governing island part of its territory and called her trip a provocation. the military exercises had prompted some ships to navigate around the taiwan strait, disrupting key trading roots for cargo and commodities saving around the world. it's proof of the economic full out. any escalation in the region would have globally trade between china and taiwan has also seen interruptions. let's take a look at some of the full out from nancy pelosi visit.