is helping us to understand that dennis damage took that to pollution, pico india on d w. if you ever have to cover up a murder, the best way is to make it look like an accident. raring to me. you've never read a book like this. literature list under german last reads with toxic chemicals. as little substances, boys lose these harmful pollutants on every bit. even often in the ab, believe they can cause huge problems, put, i hope,

and also for the health of the planet. luckily, there are actions we can take the reduce the solution. 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 bits to clear the air there still and lot, we need to understand about the way pollution spreads new monitoring systems in delhi promise to help with that. let's see how marine godaddy was born in delhi. she grew up here and played on the streets. something that had brought children readily done, unable to do because of the air pollution study. sure. the air quality in the new capital has steadily deteriorated. its air quality index on e, g u i is among the worst in the world. ah, 20 years ago,

one of the leading law doctors, he said that ok marine if you are okay with your children playing basketball in the fall, a q. i then remember that between the 2 of them, one will be fighting canto in the early twenties and we are there my goals? 18 already saw these things rub, you know, they're the hit. do i mean every time i say that i get multiple poverty, ink and hardy regularly test the air in her neighborhood. the 49 he had already joined forces with other mothers to establish warrior moms for 20 years. the nationwide association has been campaigning for cleaning and against the use of fossil fuels, environmental experts, and we'd that all georgia 3 has spent decades campaigning on the issue. delhi has more and quality meters than any other indian city of the town status towed in the regular nation wide sensors. few collect any data at all. if you look at the number of sensors sounds that we have,

and that's more than 4000 tons of balance 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 up to date shall less than 400 to teach 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 than sure. does that. what would it be due to time daily has been able to reduce pollution by this quarter percent. but now do we know? because we are wanting to do that? yes, we have taken action. so the pollution level 2000000000 now not going the long term

pollution trend. so not increasing further, but we had bent the pollution beta is helping us to understand that. but the same gate, georgia has been actually this done. but even after to achieving all this deli still needs to got to pollution. a new measuring technique using small lightweight sensors is designed to help it install at several intersections in the neighborhood and record the air quality daily at different times. the city of google omnia daily has already installed 8 of the sensors. in the air values at rush are high, the traffic is regulated differently. the a, this can be moved to different locations as necessary. the company behind the sensors sees the business world is also digging and interest doesn't play with companies. wearing solar systems there for lamina in the campuses just thought ensure that the ad in their campus is wood and it is good for the workforce plate.

i have were hard at a company and they have listed in the you the legal incentive limited for there's only had one of them is our data there in the vehicle it in the fed gone up and i've had a new thing, bicycles. and now the hell a very good l got it index, which is good for our than when, when i'm good for the new sensors are up to 20 times deeper than conventional devise is another argument for logan authorities to invest in them. deli is now planning to use the sensors that 13 locations in the city where air quality is specifically bad. and i am intell activist marine gun lady can hardly read for denison liter. anything that you don't see a leg. i figured you'd end up being that it's not happening so very important to bring in and that he died under the ego monitors and i led should be something that a very easy and i'll with her real dame nadar management. you know, it can be a totally different her connotation. going and also critical

marine and heidi and had organization, wadi and mom's wanting to become a matter of course that people in india monitor the air quality jeslane. they look up the bees rather forgotten clean renewable energy is good for the environment. i saw the pink bio mass involves re going resources and using vest the make energy and it sounds like a perfect will 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 banana peels. not shells and other left over foods can actually power the device you 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 or farms 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 grill. oops. it can also be used to power in 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 exist 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 winds blowing the 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 fire even all by a diesel. the crops for them need to be grown and that takes away space for food trucks or even deplete forests and biodiversity. as is happening with palm oil,

trees and indonesia, sugar cane in brazil and rate seed in germany would pallets 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. producers 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 carbons sucked up by the ones that were cut down over a 100 year period. hands down, trees,

pine, anyway. climb any these egg 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. and trees 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 asked the plan. and the fastest growing plants could be another option, because the carbon emitted could be absorbed again, much more quickly than in trees. can you make biomass a sustainable and a, have it make sure it has a positive carbon impact answers? yes. but then you have to get into the details of what kind of bio mass,

what kind of 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 sustainably, it's still produces emissions. would waste can however, be digested by the tyria at a bio gas facility and organic products like that. banana peel power in your phone can help manage waste cycles. to day bio mass energy covers only a 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 what you guys are figuring out every

morning, nelson calm as walks 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 sto buroso in northeastern portugal farm for a living. but that could soon change because of a lithium mine that my father was at the candy mill so that we added on, we're talking about meaning on a huge scale bullet a school. but a, all the rocky debris will find out what the volumes of water that will be consumed in albany, the noise boulevard. would you pull up and we're right next door. would a sound, equinox them with the broth in 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. you know, some gomez and his neighbors have founded a citizen's initiative. carlos gone 5 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, or 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 will 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 cove us door, 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. you briefed gabled them, but i think it's important that we facilitate the lithium my only do. we can't always just think about the environmental i'm. we've also got to think about the economy that that may make one me 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. yet it also so people here are used to mining muscle door horn. i'm not sure what the plan is or whether it will be beneficial to us, murphy. i can even get, oh,

some say it will create jobs and we need those is others. the ill this makes their job all the more difficult. josie anita and his friends are raising awareness or whatever in neighboring trend casa, 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 full gobble. 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 remember the 2nd move yet. we all know how important listeners go for him,

but we also know that there are other options without lithium others to lead you. but we should continue to investigate those others, but cannot bulletin these, does that i'm a hug. we have to let the scientists do their work. it was a europe's always saying that, but doesn't do it. opa avella in lawsuit nelson gomez, the farmer from cove us, 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 lava. we have a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. here. the boy is leading fools in our land and destroy everything. what ox then? i wonder what will become of our region after the minds of lou leanne good should have been then as i was young and the boy that that person, that means just 4 years ago, the u. n. listed 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. there 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 handling. but it is not so dreadfully sorry that's on her spindle . she is reading a strips of plastic into fabric. she works at eagle curry, social, and broad, and put on the trans women from disadvantage background to op, cycled single use plastic me godaddy guy. before i joined equal god he, i had no idea i pick would make things from plastic potato chip bags. i was so learned that they have to be cut in

a solid envy to be the ones doing right. you know, in my life the whist come from all over india work and segregate and wash it before cutting it into strips to handcraft fabric 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 car, he works with a specific type of refused, multi layered 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 un recyclable material. y m l please. i'm ordering this, i believe because they are a people 4 lives in a plastic. and each and every man has different ma, molding points. so, oh, in the traditional we offer recycling, they put it, i made it and i make the granules out of everybody else. but with this kind of

plastic will can not do it because of her and william file and everything as unmarried at the same point. i mean, 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. supersonic worth has been collecting plastic and the garbage and tune the since you will the child west because in india and have long faced economic exploitation and socialist sticking in buena 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 pickers. most of them in the segregated west for 2 thirds of boone as householders. sauce has also partnered with id,

seen one of indiana's largest conglomerates, and develop a program to incentivize the collection of multi layered 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 a 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 emily be rubbers

now we can sell all the plastic rappers and not just a selection japanese hon. biscuits shapes, jet ne, parcel packaging every thing. it's a very dedicated in this factory. my roster 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 yet what caused did auntie lot of people doing emily be processing because it is costly and lengthy process once the emerald beast processed it can be used to make not just fabric, but items like benches dustbins and even diamonds, but i will be recycling as a labor intensive process that also uses a lot of water and power. most of the am will be waste that is collected still ends up and landfills or gets in from the rated,

which adds to the air pollution. india is still a long way from facing out multi lead plastic, but initiatives like swatch and he could gaudy a, creating a part for positive change. pollution isn't always just com, hope that sometimes possibilities to find a useful 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. pe 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, just heard. hey madison, can your company really make concrete out of thin air?

we can, it's actually me concrete out of 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 that 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 home you substance on earth, other than water. currently, the rate of growth emitted the built environment is about equivalent to building one new york city every month while building houses and infrastructure. the 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, especially how it works is we put our solar heat stops into the vessel. and then we pressurized that was c o 2. and you rotate the vessel for a number of hours. okay, let's go industrial risk like ayesha and you are to ah,

what's happening in the chemical process, the c o 2 molecule men of the lives with the industrial ashes. 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 gas is trapped in the concrete madison. you want to build the future with the waste of today me project that by 2030 will be able to achieve 600 make tons of carbon reduction. good luck. using human substitutes can 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 eco, india a d, w dot com until next time from all of us in india in germany. good bye. and thanks for watching with sh ah, ah, with

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