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put our health and also for the health of the planet. luckily their actions we can take the reduce this pollution. that's what we'll be looking at today on eco india . i'm some of that. let's start with air pollution. it's a major problem in india. in 2017, it was the cause of over a 1000000 debt. to clear the if that's still a lot we need to understand about the way pollution spreads. new monitoring systems in delhi promise to help with that. let's see how the ah marine granddaddy was born in delhi. she grew up here and played on the streets, something that had gotten very little unable to do because of the air pollution. studies show the air quality and the new capital has steadily deteriorated. its air quality index on e q i is among the worst and the 120 as

a goal of the leading doctor. he said that ok, but i mean if you are okay with your children playing basketball in the so if you i then remember that between the 2 of them, one will be fighting cancer in their early twenty's and we had them, i go the 18 already. so, so these things, you know, they, they hit do, i mean every time i say that i get to simple hovering cannady regularly test the air in her neighborhood. the 49 year old join forces with other mothers to establish warrior moms for 20 years. the nationwide association has been campaigning for clean air and against the use of fossil fuels, environmental experts, and only that only georgia 3 has spent decades campaigning on the issue. delhi has more and quality meters than any other density of the town status don't in the regular nation. wide sensors, few collect any data at all. if you look at the number of census towns that we

have and that's more than $4000.00 that we had it, india, b, i'm barely able to monitor it in about 10 percent of the cities and towns of india as of today. sure, less than 400 cities today have air quality monitoring systems. daily started measuring air quality 50 years ago. the levels were already extremely poor due to industry and diesel emissions. the city then pass laws and installed air filters. there are now 40 large extensive measuring stations in you all is not allowed in daddy, daddy fields have been banned. ok, much more pinch show data to ensure does that. what would it be due to time daily has been able to reduce pollution by miss quarter percent. but now this when not because the i monetary that yes we have taken action. so the pollution lever in

delia now not going the long don't pollution trend is now not increasing further but we had bend the pollution their days helping us to understand that but the same gate days, also helping us. you understand that even after the tubing, well, this dentist, dennis took guy to pollution and you measuring technique using small late weed sensors, is designed to help installing several intersections in a neighborhood and recorded the air quality daily and different games. the city of global omnia delhi has already installed, eat of the sensors. if the air values address are on high, the traffic is regulated differently. the devices can be moved to different locations as necessary. the company behind the sensors save the business world is also taking an interest. doesn't play with companies, we're installing the systems there for lamina in the campuses. just to ensure that the ad in the campuses is good and it is good for the workforce plate. i have

heard that a company they have listed in the you the legal incentives myself, so bears on they are going to be there is an order they have been available it in the fed gone up. and if i didn't even bicycles, and now the hell a very good, i got it index which is good for. and then when, when and good for the new sensors are up to 20 times deeper then conventional devise is another argument for local authorities to invest in them. daily is now planning to use the sensors at 13 locations in the city where air quality, specifically bad environmental activist marine godaddy can hardly read for the additional data. anything that you don't see a leg, i figured you'd end up saying that it's not happening. so it's very important to bring in the data and the, the issue i monitors and i lead should be something that a very easy and all with the real dime the dar management. you know, it can be

a totally different o contribution going and also critical. ah, marine and heidi and had organization. what he had moms wanted to become a matter of course, that beeble in india monitor the air quality, just like they look up the bees weather forecast, clean renewable energy is good for the environment or so we pink bio mass in wards re growing resources and using wrist to make energy and it sounds like a perfect, we'll turn a dive, power source. it's currently responsible for 5 per cent of energy globally. but how clean is it really? let's find out all the non appeals, not shells, and other left over foods can actually power the device you're watching this on. it's called biomass energy. not just left overs would plants all animal theses can also be a source of electricity or heat. we are surrounded by biomass and as such by opportunities,

trash from the dump as well as waste from homes. restaurants all forms all provide suitable organic matter. the collected waste is cleaned at a processing plant, a temperatures of around $55.00 degrees celsius. the waste is sealed off from oxygen and eaten up by bacteria in a, by a reactor. this process called anaerobic digestion generates gas that contains high quantities of me. they, it's a powerful source. we're generating electricity and heat once it's fed into the gas grain. oh, it can also be used to power natural gas vehicles. the left over bio mass can be used as composites for farming, for example, taking the whole process circular by a gas plants of this time exists all over the world. in europe, there are around 20000 there are 2200 bio gas plants in the u. s.

and about the same in thailand, malaysia and indonesia, combined by a gas plans produce only a quarter of the c o. 2 emissions that coal plants emit. and bio mass energy has one mortgage advantage over solar and wind in that it's on demand. so you don't care if the wind's blowing sun shining. but there is a catch by a me sane can leak from these facilities. this gas is ability to warm the planet is much greater than that of c o. 2 and bio gas facilities are only sustainable as long as waste is used. if crops are cultivated for the purpose, it's not viable. the same is true of biofuels produced from biomass, like bio ethan all by a diesel. the crops will them need to be grown and that takes away space for food

crops, or even deplete forests and biodiversity. as is happening with palm oil, trees in indonesia, sugar cane in brazil and rapes seed in germany. would pellets are an alternative and increasingly popular biofuel. but researchers say there is strong evidence that natural forests and habitats in eastern europe and north america are being destroyed by the rising demand for would pellets through illegal logging. u. s. e. u and british policy makers have classified woody bio mass as renewable, and therefore, governments are subsidizing the production and burning of wood pellets. produces are required to reforest areas. so the c o 2 that is released while burning pellets is re absolved. but a study found that depending on the type of forest it could take between 44 and 100 full years until nearly planted trees can absorb the same amount of carbon sucked up by the ones that were cut down over a 100 year period ends down trees,

pine anyway, i'm now any of these ag cross arm or a good source of energy over a 100 years. over 25 years over 40 years. frankly, they probably more especially when forests play another crucial role. countries are spending money. they should be spending on true renewables like wind and solar, on this energy source. ah, that's not going to get us where we need to be assa plan and fast growing plants could be another option because the carbon emitted could be absorbed again, much more quickly than in trees. can you make bio mass, a sustainable and a have you make sure it has a positive carbon impact answers? yes. then you have to get into the details of what kind of bio mass, what kind

a land. ultimately most forms of biomass pretend to be better than they are burning would alone, for example, is not a solution. because even if it's source and sustainably, it's still produces emissions. would waste can however be digested by bacteria at a bio gas facility and organic products like that. banana peel powering your phone can help manage waste cycles. to day bio mass energy covers and he is small part of our world wide demand. it can work in combination with other renewables, but it's not scalable to be our main energy source in the future. from renewable energy, electric vehicles, many countries of encouraging a transition to electric mobility. it will move the world of a from harmful fossil fuels like gasoline and oil. but it still means a compromise for the environment. as far as the water goes,

all figuring out every morning nelson comas walked through his barn with a heavy heart. he wonders how much longer he will be able to keep his cattle. many who live here in cova stiletto, so in northeastern portugal farm for a living. but that could soon change because of a lithium mine that my father was at look at on the min so that we are, you know, we're talking about meaning on a huge scale for that at school. but a all the rocky debris will find out what the volumes of water that will be consumed. nobody the noise boulevard. would you pull up and we're right next door. would a sound equinox, them won't bross him an entire village feels threatened and is intent on blocking the project? this banner reads no to the mine. yes, to life. these signs say together, we resist. goodness and gomez and his neighbors have founded a citizens initiative. carlos concise, as is also on board. he's

a beekeeper concerned about the impact on his $450.00 hives. what i mean, the rosalie? yes, not the mind here will use as much water as the whole community, legible. so where's all that water supposed to come from? the yeah, we don't have it. sure we can redirect a stream from what streams have already been drawing up more in recent years. guess when who circles this is a consequence of climate change. yet lithium mining is part of a solution to fight global warming. these pictures show what lithium mines look like. the harmful alkaline metal is used to produce batteries. in turn, these are used to store electricity, also from renewable sources. portugal is thought to have the largest lithium reserves in europe. test drilling has already been conducted near co vasta, but also for most people here, however, this wealth is a curse. even in boutique us,

the regions mean administrative town. we only found one person in favor of the project. your bill gave with them. i think it's important that we facilitate the lithium my older you. we can't always just think about the environmental to my. and we've also got to think about the economy that that may make one be it would appear the portuguese government is also intent on extracting the lithium, the ministry of environment and climate action informed us. it was committed to the european green deal and wanted to help ensure that europe could meet its own lithium needs. the light metal could soon be extracted just over 100 kilometers to the south of co vestal, but also in vila garcia where courts mines already exist and where there's less resistance from the largely older population. get ross is all people here are used to mining rehab low order. i'm not sure what the plan is or whether it will be

beneficial to us. murphy acc? indeed again, oh, some say it will create jobs and we need those jobs. the ill this makes their job all the more difficult. josi alameda and his friends are raising awareness were, would burn in neighboring trend causal. they want to inform locals. their argument is that lithium mining represents a dramatic encroachment on the natural world. not they see the moon to the vogel. there's not been enough information about will still mean for people living close to the minus the also to some extent it fight is being pushed through behind people's back or leave us liberal blossom. 20 kilometers away and pin. yes. the mayor even has plans to sue the portuguese government. louis ventura says, just the years of preparatory exploration on 40 percent of the land unsettled investors. he expects europe to look for less aggressive alternatives. told us i

remembered the 2nd move yet. we all know how important listeners go for him, but we also know that there are other options without lithium. i thought of as the lead you. but we should continue to investigate those ala but cannot bulletin the thought thought a hug. we have to let the scientists do their work. it almost europe's always saying that, but doesn't do it. opa avella in lawsuit no son, gomez. the farmer from cova the letter whistle also knows that for now, lithium is crucial for meeting climate targets. but he says the price is just too high, they will not be the so law. we have a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. here in the boys on it, leading feels in our land and destroy everything. walks. then i wonder what will become of our region after the minds of lou leanne good should have been then as i was young, the boy that that person, that means just 4 years ago the, you enlisted his home region as a globally important heritage system because people live in harmony with nature.

those here are not willing to give that up. they're also fighting climate change in their own way. multi layer plastic is widely used for wrapping in packaging. in india, it accounts for some 50 percent of plastic pollution. one initiative is trying to make sure this plastic waste gets collected and recycled in the process. it's helping disadvantaged women and living upon gung is working on a typical indian hand. but it is not so fred, for the, sorry that's on husband. she is leaving a strips of plastic into fabric. she works at eagle curry, social and present food and the trans women from disadvantage background to up cycled single use plastic. me godaddy guy before i joined eco guardy, i had no idea that we could make things from plastic potato chip bags. i was so learned that they have to be cut in a certain

b to be the ones to write in would be my la the whist come from all over india work and segregate and wash it before cutting it into strips to handcraft. sovereign, that is used for items like bags, cushion covers, and blunders. since it was founded in 2020, the company's team of 25 has up cycled close to 2000000 plastic bags. eco corey works with a specific type of refused, multi led plastic or m l b. in addition to plastic m b includes list of other materials like paper and mattel, that's on it, a reputation as an on recyclable material. y m l fees on ordering this i believe because the other people fall is in plastic. and each and every layer has different. mo melding points. so are in the traditional we offer recycling or they put it are made it under mcdaniels,

old over us. but with this kind of placing a can not do it because of her and william file and everything as in mary, that same point amola. these are widely used by manufacturers of ready to eat foods, toiletries and pharmaceutical products. they're lightweight, easy to cross boat and cheap to produce in india and the account for some 50 percent of plastic pollution. simply about a growth has been collecting plastic and the garbage and boom the since you will the child with speakers in india and have long faced economic exploitation and socialist digney in boone. and though there is a growing recognition of their contribution to waste management in 2008 the union and the city deemed up with the grass roots, organization swatch cooperative to build a network of 4000 west. because most of them in the segregate waste for 2 thirds of

boone as households sought, has also partnered with id, see one of indiana's largest conglomerates, and develop a program to incentivize the collection of multilayered blasting, but buying vis, refused directly from best workers and channeling it into recycling to this project, we are able to actually create a market value using support from the project or to buy this kind of waste from waste. because in doing so, we are able to not only pick up the plastic oh, that's causing a problem for waste management, but been also able to pass on that benefit directly through the waste because of when the city so far, the project has diverted around 1000 metric tons of emerald be away from landfill? that's more than 200000000 packets of chips. where speakers monthly earnings have increased due. now that they have buyers for m. b rappers.

now we can sell all the plastic rappers and not just a selection tappers on biscuits. it's jessica jet ne parcel packaging every thing at the beginning. this factory marashi says it's a myth that multi layer plastics gone be recycled? the material accounts for 40 percent of the raised that has been processed here or the past 50 years. actually m l p hugley lake out about i can gather is the at what cost did auntie lot of people doing emily processing because it is costly and lengthy process once the am will be processed, it can be used to make not just fabric, but items like benches, dustbins and even diodes, but i will be recycling as a labor intensive process that also uses a lot of water and bob, most of the amal b rest that is collected still ends up and landfills or gets incinerated,

which adds to the air pollution. india is a still a long way from facing out multi lead blasting, but initiatives like swatch and he could gaudy a, creating a thought for positive change. pollution isn't always just that sometimes possibility is to find a use for it. like the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, for example. once captured, it can be used to make something very useful. our reporter was thrilled to learn about a new use from canada. hey, ever heard of this? you can build houses with god. ah, no joke. you can make concrete out of carbon dioxide. well, that's what i heard from a startup in canada. wait, right here. hey madison, can your company really make concrete out of thin air?

we can actually me concrete out is out of been here. what we do is we have a c o 2 embedded or enhanced supplementary material, the very long word. but essentially it's an additive. they can replace a portion of cement in a concrete met. okay? not really a concrete odyssey or 2, but something that replaces a part of the cement confused. let's break it down. concrete is basically made out of 3 ingredients, cement, sand, and water. and it seems to me that it is everywhere. right madison colgate right now is the 2nd house you substance on earth, other than water. currently, the rate of growth emitted the built environment. it's about equivalent to building one new york city every month while building houses and infrastructure is a great thing with

a little problem. this is the bad guy. the production of cement, emits enormous amount of c o. 28 percent of all greenhouse gases are caused by the construction industry. that's huge. madison said her company has a solution, a substitute made out of surprising ingredients. industrial waste like ashes and c o 2. when you have time to process technology and that kind of comes in the form of a very large reactor, essentially how it works is we put our solid heat stops into the vessel. and then we pressurized that with c o 2. and we rotate the vessel for a number of hours. okay, let's go industrial risk like ashes and c o 2 ah,

okay. what's happening? in a chemical process? the c o 2 molecule men of the lives with the industrial arches. it is as if the greenhouse gas fossilize is a completely different material comes out and it can replace up to 40 percent of the cement the production does not emit greenhouse gas, it absorbs it. in other words, the climate damage in greenhouse god is trapped in the concrete madison. you want to build the future with a waste of today me project that i 2030 will be able to achieve 600, make tons of carbon reduction. good luck. using simon substitutes can to make the construction industry completely green, but it can at least make it a bit greener with so much pollution in the world. it's easy to feel overwhelmed

and do nothing. but there are people looking for ways to tackle this problem. and every small solution is a step forward to a better world. if you will. one of them let us know on equal india a d, w dot com until next time from all of us in india and germany, goodbye. and thanks for watching. ah ah ah, with

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