she creates mountains of textile waste, but it's actively encouraged by the fast fashion industry. some produces based up to $24.00 different collections per year. since 2000 global clothing production has doubled every year to an annual total of $100000000000.00 items. the fashion industry also emits more than $1200000.00 tons of c o 2 per year. more than global air and ship travel combines and yet 4300000 tons of cost of closing land in the trash or even far away. in the chilean destin, we're in the auto comp desert in northern chile. this is where the global fashion industries, discarded clothing ends up. locals are taking us to the dumb site, past informal settlements where mainly migrant workers live in makeshift huts without electricity. we drive past the piles of used tires

and then mountains of discarded, cheap clothing, the stench of chemical vapors, hence in the air. freddy is a local man. he's angry about the desert landfills up up. but he's also aware that they give people an income you're with iranian vehicle. he and some people come here to find clothes for themselves or to sell at 2nd hand markets in town. what about a little bit? there's no one here at the moment because some of the waste was incinerated recently. jennifer jennifer, i'm sorry, the robot. manuel olivas is in charge here. she collects unsold clothing and brings it all here. you know that, oh no, no. i think they love unilateral by the door or by you say bit of the clothes come

from all over the wow. if federal bar you'll effect that sometimes they come from local shops in warehouse as well by collect sophie would that go masada? i go there and ask if they have any stuff they can give me pony it, but i want to say you are sudak, manuel olibo st decides who can help themselves to the piles of discarded textiles . you'll been, dea, a thought. i get money from people who come here looking for clouds. yeah, we'll get you about either for themselves or to salanda equity. that's my livelihood. you're going to sub that back to your cobra. manuel o leave us lives in a wooden hut on the dumb site. she and her husband get a state pension worth the equivalent of 115 euros a month. the money she makes here is much needed extra income. they are not in compassion. now, no one takes pity on us. dinner are gone. i keep chickens and ducks are, will you do? are you going and i grow some plants are you, are you doing well now,

soon, bro! yahoo! in nearby alto species authorities see the mountains of used clothes as a nuisance, but the environmental officer says he's powerless to do anything about it. in more than he was a given that business with used clothing is highly lucrative for dealers in the free trade zone of a kicker. who import secondhand textiles. there are 53 of these companies, and their business model is very profitable. you look at, but only for them. it's detrimental to the wider community. i'm in belda, donna warner. we had 2 e kiki, the provincial capital sandwiched between the desert and the pacific. this used to be a depressed region until the container port was built here, and the free trade zones off recreated. companies operating here enjoy tax exemptions, including apparel importers, unsold and used clothes from around the world,

including germany are partly sold to buyers in the region, but an estimated 40 percent ends up in the landfill sites. you know, when they go medina, it depends what's in the containers at the in some of it's in good condition have an hour, but sometimes we have to throw low quality textiles in the dumb weapon. good venue . sheila is south america's main importer of used clothing in neighboring countries . it's illegal or restricted. the result is the vast dumping ground in the desert. we meet dario blanco, head of keke, a free trade zone users association. he says the situation is improving. oh, boy. well, if you'd care, he thought a, what i can say is that the clothing important companies want to help things improve . they want to address the negative impact of their business model. the other the situation is definitely going to change it,

but most of the clothing is made of synthetic fabrics and takes years to buy or degrade. this family sifting through the piles of used clothes or refugees from venezuela. they're looking for clothes they can wear and also anything they can sell. and i thought of and the to go that the, my 2 children and i came through the desert. me cause we had to leave behind our suitcases containing all our clothes. but we'd have never made it, but i wanna be and i've used up all my savings, we blood everywhere we go. we see refugees who have travelled through the desert despite the scorching midday sun. there's family wants to keep going until they reach a key case where they hope to find work. the city is 200 kilometers away. the family looks exhausted. we normally see it's hot. oh,

it took us 4 days to get it from the border. 20 kilometers away on we're not making much progress, landed, but we haven't lost hope going off. ebay gets ya. my year venezuelan refugees in chile, often end up working for a pickles, including here in the landfills site. this one is 12000 kilometers from europe, but it doesn't take long for us to find items that are clearly from germany, data sites about your problem. if we find discarded videos and a phone book from breyman bowl and cotton socks, that cost for euro's $0.49 a pound, you're overman foot. the mountain of clothing in the chilean desert is of symbol of the shocking hidden cost of the global fast fashion industry. best and made of can stick sashayed. these little packets might be handy,

but they quickly learned in the garbage bin and they don't ross. in all web special, we chant the journey of such a sachet from the origins of the raw materials it's made from to its ends on the rubbish heap. we find out why the number of sessions is growing and why they're so lucrative for businesses. and so disastrous for our plannings. find out more at d. w dot com slash plastic. the small kingdom of le soto, known as the roof of africa, is one of the world's highest situated countries. as an enclave, it's entirely surrounded by south africa and is largely economically dependent on its bigger neighbor button. the soto has something very valuable for drought played south africa water. increasingly, however, this provision of water for its neighbor is creating problems for both local people and the ecosystem. water rich,

la soto is keeping thirsty south africa alive, but the tiny, landlocked country as paying a high price for it. we didn't anticipate that the dams here in the suitably the misery that he's bringing. perhaps i will warn will to the law. i see nothing of the better life that they promised us would grab it. if it were up to me, i would decide against that building the dam that it did for water. i sold africa grades high, and the souls of such water remains the little islands what a project. we have been able to divert water add to a sub africa, but we are limited by the quality of our environment. and the computer we're not back when the children were growing up. this was a beautiful and peaceful village. we looked out for each other. nobody here went to

bed hungry. but look what happens now. people don't trust each other any more. it's just not the same here in much harbor. righty. sees village. phase 2 of the la soto highlands water project started 3 years ago. one of 5 dominance is being built here to supply water to neighboring south africa. the entire village has been moved to another location. yes, we are now the construction work hit us hard. they had promised us jobs and our children are supposed to be earning something from this. but instead they're out of work for about a while. other people in south africans get the jobs we go hungry. one and they also took our fields till another about gas in the cornfields and grazing land. now, how's construction workers far from leading to greater prosperity, the damn has brought misery for residence. driving 8000 people from their homes.

the water will flow to south africa's financial hub, johannesburg, 400 kilometers away. for the 16000000 people in the city and surrounding province, la, so toes dams a vital and already provide 60 percent of their water. since the project is financed with south african taxpayers money, union kline hans has been monitoring it for a long time. he works for the organisation outer which seeks to expose corruption and mismanagement urbanized ations taking place and future development. then expansion of business needs more water. the problem is we are only very limited to the water that we have in south africa. we don't have innovative technologies and circulated infrastructure yet to recycle water. and currently we highly rely on the

las joslyn's face to scheme to provide future demands. it's one of the largest infrastructure projects in africa and is supposed to benefit both sides. south africa, paisley soto, nearly $70000000.00 euros a year for the water. under soto uses the dams to generate electricity for its population. the local project manager from the list. so time, highlands, authority, tulsa, let him 5 years time. the dumb wool will stand bright hair, $5000.00 hectares of land. will them be flooded? as we are all away. this kind of projects would have social impact and environmental impacts. and ha, we as the project template number of programs, which had been there, discussed mac lead vocal amenities are as ways that means ha, ha, ha ha, mitigating against the laws of land that the laws over there. my crazy we have

and we're patch me to sea sick. we heard exactly the same promises 24 years ago when the cancer down was built. all other dams feet that water into this reservoir, from where it's quite to south africa sick. we what's for the say and only legal center. it's helping local people like here in the village of my lang to now claim the compensation they were promised. yeah, i mean it's a while i know we don't with as everyone knows. yeah, i wrote that you were severely impacted by the construction of the dan will you? he writes, have been traveled on may about martha. we all know why your water springs have run dry. the load law, which our own will have been for yellow, maybe it in the game, can that then we had decided to use the money to get our village connected up to electricity. him. okay, we'll hear that. but the development authority has done nothing. all again,

we're still waiting for power in my pulling my bid in the area decry late. i don't know to tell them when i say we also promised compensation for the loss of our homeland and the pain we had because of the resettlement. and how could i help? some people here got injured during the move term. to this day, we have not received anything. we've got a blue moon on the employee to us, conceived joe by to an demote, antique governments of south africa, a possibility him and the military regime in minnesota. those governments did not have mandate from the people. they did it and they said need for the review or basically to the project is also threatened by massive soil erosion. the construction of the

dams, along with overgrazing and climate change mean more and more soil is being eroded by the rain and ends up in reference. a settlement in many places only by rock remains told to say, lay as a consultant for a national project. the aims to protect the photos, rivers. workers hair rebuilding low balls into the hillside to reduce the speed and force of rain more to run off and prevent erosion. they also remove invasive shrubs that would otherwise wipe out endemic plants whose roots help to keep the soil in place with the current erosion, the life of such dems would be fairly compromised the lifetime, because in no time there will be more full of sediment done. water, so this would be lost investment and therefore we depend largely

on bio diversity, the type of bird diversity that enables infiltration of water or, or regional idea. oh done. which is ah remedies. if we went to weird for 10 more, yes, there will be time when may not be able to produce anything. and then we become a failed state. in my opinion, we are at the ring of saving this or letting it fall. lulu mean lines are popular ingredients in cold drinks, the green freights of a cool, delicious refreshment, and a lot of vitamins to 100 milliliters of lime juice contain 30 milligrams of vitamin

c less than lemons. but still impressive. mexico is the world's largest exporter of citrus rates in 2020 it exported more than 800000 tons of lemons and limes. now, however, the mafia is getting involved as the evening descends over the yucatan peninsula. david medina gets out his single barrel shotgun. he inherited the 20 gauge harrington from his grandfather. it may be an antique weapon, but it does the job. a vertical deal. i need the gun to defend my limes from being stolen. mirabelle, i don't want to kill any one. i just shoot into the air and then they run away. decorum for either a search in line prices has turned his farm into a growing small fortune. hence, the nighttime thieves for them

a crate of lines means enough food for several days. let it run through until it's paula. they come here and fill up their rucksacks or sometimes in groups of 5 years . and they take several crates for about 5000 pieces, worth zeros, siegel cargo federal group of the equivalent of 230 euros losses. that really add up the 76 year old sometimes stays out until dawn on the lookout for suspicious activity. for her, i'll stay out for a little while longer and we'll see if anything moves, or if i hear something more. a 2 hour drive away. marcello avila patrols his families all ship together with his father, brother and nephew. thieves have struck here countless times in the process also destroying the next month. harvest. when the rope of the universe,

as they pack limes into the clothes, they tear it all the trees around them. and in the morning we see that the smaller limes have also fallen off the mancha. you the 2 episodes in mexico's growing plague of lime crime triggered by market price increases, leaving farmers fighting against thieves and customers with high prices which have risen $3.00 or 4 fold since the end of 2021. mexicans, eastern average of 18 killers of the fried per year. a stable fleet that served with practically every dish. all busy salvazar back in everything from studio to tacos. you need lives in early morning. it without it normally we'd buy akila, but these days only a quarter kilo, because prices have risen so much marcial. but it's comic relieve content on social media with limes depicted as green gold as a cash alternative or a commodity. transported in armored security vans as engagement rings for making

people millionaires behind the soaring prices. there are several factors, the climate, the season, and the state of me to walk on. the land here ought to be covered in lime green. but fighting cartels left farmers in the crossfire forcing many of them to quit them. he bullies are chavez, has decided to stand his ground defying the criminals with his own vigilante group . he's the only farmer here, willing to talk on camera. i'm going to have than the others they're afraid of getting killed if they talk, there's every one he says, pays protection money one way or the other where the for the harvests or their transportation that gives the cartels a share of profits while pushing prices. any one refusing to pay up is threatened, or worse. montgomery kill traders and going in and fixed line prices and then facility more. how is they attack you and dictate how much you have to pay them

unless you know what was the complain? anderson will money. we're in wylie. chavez is determined to carry on the struggle . come, what may hill was only me see who i lost one of my son, saudis, somebody and a lot of friends who'd fought alongside me on by yet it's a pain that you're on the very deep you say you will not let them other farmers have already fled the violence, leaving behind tens of thousands of trees to wither away with no one to harvest their fries. and that gap in supply on the market is a further reason for the rise in prices. back in yucatan, the farmers at least don't have the cartels to worry about just the petty line. theodore lowell pullman that local law enforcement provide support for the farmers patrol. squall example. police chief nelson avila has been analyzing the thieves tactics. it'll piazza, leather em. hello. what do they do? they don't come in through the main entrance. they cut themselves

a path through here to gain access to the premises. when it got inside of the realm, he hopes crisis will come down a little soon and that com will be restored to the community. he currently had his 5 lime thieves a week together with their whole. if the, if for employee, if that vis batch here is stolen goods, look into this and the themes won't say where they're from. so that means we don't know who to return the meeting on some of those apprehended. i'll repeat offenders, but there is little the police can do to the frustration of the farmers in order and by family mournful the quantity stolen by each individual is too small to charge them. so they're held in custody for $24.00 or 36 hours, whether it's a facial, some of them have to do a little cleaning work somewhere before they're released within. sadly made out this night has been a calm and quiet one for lime farmer, david medina. he summoned

a sharmen in order to keep it that way. together they make a sacrificial offering of herbs to the sacred deities. so they'll be asked to name was an air. so we do this because we have faith that will work so that we're able to harvest our fruit, want dinner. and i also pray for the line prices to stabilize, so that farmers like him can earn enough and sleep peacefully again. lou. this lee can't label team comes from nevin and i have a global team. i started karate when i was 5 years old. honestly, i used to find it a bit boring summer, but my father continued encouraging me to go to training agenda. i participated in many international and regional competitions.

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on, in europe, of course, their lives are probably better. they have more freedom and more development. i'm on the other hand, in some countries like in africa, life is hard, and they struggle to get basic necessities, sob sob. by ha, it might have been on the day when now the corona virus is a globe problem. and in my opinion, poverty is a social dilemma. it can be too many things such as murder, drug abuse, and insecurity. and hopefully there can be a solution for poverty. so i've been hello and that so from us at global 3000 this week, thanks for joining us. and do sent us your views on the program, where at global 3000 at d, w dot com and you can visit us on facebook, j

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