ah, hello guys, this is the 77 percent. the platform for africa. you to defeat issues and share ideas. you know, on this channel we're not afraid to patch and then he gets to talking. young people clearly have the solution, good, future notes to the 77 percent every weekend on d, w ah, the production of a multitude of products, both essential and non essential, requires of substantial amount of resources, including water, energy,

and other raw materials. unfortunately, many of these resources are finite to internal sustainability and promote environmental responsibility. it's crucial to seek alternatives. how do we go about achieving this? that's what we talk about today. hello, welcome to eco india. i'm some of that i now centuries ago, people sought to protect their feet from the elements and rough to read with the rudimentary footwear made from plant material and eventually leather. despite numerous advances in short designs and materials, affordability has remained a persistent issue. a relatively new concern, however, is how sustainable our shoes are. st side cobblers had long been a fixture of city life in india. their small shops,

dodge residential neighborhoods and markets. but of a traditional repaired and reuse economy that extends the shelf life of shoes. it's a sustainable approach, but it's on the decline. india's economic growth has opened up new opportunities for the marginalized communities that long brazil this profession. it's also given consumers greater football choices and money to spend on them. today the massive football industry turns out products made predominantly of synthetic materials. they're harder to, to bed and recycle and often end their life dumped in the environment. if they talk to in part of the footway, mostly from talking about not that but the soul soul is basically made from the different types of, you know, different types of plastic b as you know, you know, have a, b, b, c and all those things. so basically that is one of the things which doesn't get.

ringback absorbed by the environment or by degrees. and also that is one more very important aspect of these are the micro hybrid which is wing and you wish numbers within, but it's not just this waste. the production process itself places a huge burden on the environment. india is the 2nd largest global producer of foot bear after china, manufacturing $2000000000.00 pairs a year involving hundreds of production status that consume energy, mostly derived from burning coal. i'm talking about greenhouse gases or hadn't been talking about a greenhouse on computer on 1.4 percent of total emission ah, which is connected to a football industry. growing awareness about the foot bed industries. environmental impact is driving the search for more sustainable production models. to farmer at lead from delhi began looking for a way forward and started a social enterprise that uses part of its profits to provide shoes to people who

can't afford them. being done as you're very close to soothe it on the renewal day doodle. every t for monday of gender. so, so that's where we thought or let's go deeper into it. 80. so it's and found that there to $50000000.00 jewels visible to landfill each year. and at the same time there people are walking barefoot. so this was a clear connect whether if he starred, were bearing the source of his dart up cycling the fools began. r random from going to landfills and give it to some one will require it. green sol has set up a large network of collection centers across india where be built and donate unwanted footwear thousands of all or damage shoes. slippers and sandals are then processed. basically, our mother saw the tissues dead. we collect the ladies separate, all the parts, like the leases in salt mode and so you end up a part or tissue normally are in. so you know who all these and categorize whatever

can be used for getting it after sorting the bodies. it may be of cycle, whatever we can act and use on the other parts to recycle, take into raw material, cycling fun, usuals your a 2nd now or the 2nd of us is valery. that though, the entire process is done by hand transforming the separated bugs into functional footwear proceeds from sales have helped provide more than $500000.00 bears to school children in doral areas. another company is dining to foot where production to get the volume of junk in the environment. mom, babies data by dogs, make shoes from discarded diet yields. org and fabric this as you're seeing right now, is that directly from the dial from the goddard diode, that is, that usually ends up in the landfill. this is the upgraded version, which also ensures the finance. this is a mixture of,

of diode with other elements that i'd executable and sustainable. by definition, a truly sustainable shoe needs to be durable, made from non polluting, or recyclable material. and it should be manufactured, but renewable energy sources of budget that's on gotta admit that the bar is high. normally i don't in my understanding, is 100 percent sustainable. because if it does not go to bill, then it's not sustainable. even so consumers, especially among india's urban youth, warming up to the idea of climate cooling shoes. you know, you need to be, feel good about what you're adding in the end of it. so i think when i bad things which are sustainable, i feel good myself. so yeah, that's, that's a win win for me. that mindset is good news for me because of green shoes. but experts see the best way to minimize what, where's ecological footprint is for consumers to buy less and prolong the lives of

the shows the already own law. the average person who menstruate will use 17 paulson, centrally products throughout their life time, assuming they have access to them in the 1st place. a recent survey suggested these products use whilst quantities of resources like wood fibers, gotten plastic and chemicals to be produced on a global scale. most of these are not biodegradable, leading to a significant environmental impact. this was the driving force behind a revolutionary invention in thumb like this is no ordinary sanitary napkin. it's completely biodegradable and it disappears quickly. all you need to do as buddy had been soil, once you've used it, leave had been disturbed, and it's gone in just 15 days. it was invented by breathing ahmed us a violin was faintest, an entrepreneur b as in chinese indian up when they use the napkins,

are the norm think award the after life off your napkin is just one napkin either or just one napkin. this is what, although when, when think conversation about menstruation itself are becoming less of a dabble in india but saved as porcelain minstrel. hygiene products is still a huge environmental issue. there's just so much in misinformation out there that i feel is the main problem and this is not something we can just shun then say it's annoyed in congress, but of rural problem. it's something that it can be seen or been areas itself at the center of her research, please, the player of dazed not just the environment, but also the women who use it. all of us would have hand others back. villray genesis though, bacterial infections that we come across during billions that thumbs because offsite napkins, which that's not how any, on the back the, the property is a net. so i wanted to create some for to need to,

which is also equal friendly and also very friendly to the skin of fall woman finger, you sanitary, bad predominantly of, in the belinda market are made from up to 90 percent h plastic. they continue to absorb in formulas in the middle layer and are designed to hold large quantities of liquid. they're made of synthetic materials that take up to 800 years to be great. in india or 12300000000, single use energy beds are disposed every year. many of them end up being bonded incinerators releasing toxic chemicals in the air or was end up in luncheons. so there are so many competence in mios do it, and landfills and dumb pads are not conducive to having o sandrine napkin breakdown. please, he said the goal is to create disease, always mediate. this meant she had to make every layer from scratch. the drop on the bottom layer are predominantly made made of the same polymer that is used. the da plan is illusion color because it has saw antibacterial hubs,

which is stud money quickly weight. i mean i, telson, preventing bacteria infections and also eliminates bad order. and the me, the nan is made all far biodegradable so, but absorbing bollywood is also in those based on a mixed at all with the sugar again, fibers. so these are the 3 layers that goes into the napkin. when the blood comes in contact with the napkin, the microbes present in it, help it to degrade foster in the sign. it will begin and it'll be bacteria present in the soil, along with few species of fungus breakdown the napkin and daily. so when you will, you will sit immediately bodied in the, sorry, i'm just close it off and leave it for 2 weeks and you'll be good again in the same message, not find the not going to the sorry has been tested before the napkin was bodied, and after the napkin has completely negated, i was phoned that it increases the size nitrogen by 20 percent. so it makes

a thought more for that after liquidation. please johnny with this invention started in 2015. 5 years later, she received her beaten, and today she is looking to make it into the market. she says that this map can can absorb fluids of 2700 times a sweet and has a shelf life of up to 6 months. currently, it takes please be about 3 days to meet each sanitary napkins, since i'm making it in the laboratory and i acknowledge the time. it thanks for making napkins. it's like a little longer. when i brazil says an industry falling in place, the time will be reducing, picking the spot from a prototype to a full fledged female hygiene product. that is, any foreseen the means one of these biggest challenges. reason that i'm not a woman and stem as well as the reason that i'm working for the environment. working on a product that is eco friendly. it makes it even more difficult for me because,

you know, people don't bite on more together. when you cross the 1st step, everything else will fall in place. i'm showing aboard and i hope that will definitely happen to me. as with the united nations estimates that are 800000000 women globally having that period on any given day toxic kings and environmental advocacy organization conducted a survey and founded more than half of the women were unaware of the harmful feet of disposable menstrual waste products. but unbelief that it's not just up to the consumers to inform themselves about these changes getting together to change the product, ad source, giving information on others, alternatives that bed in the market, making it easily accessible, maybe providing subsidies to the companies and people who are working in this area is like it has to be a multi pronged approach to make a difference in this edina and it has to be done as much as well as will that

doesn't do though and waste. think of something that can be even more eco friendly with 0 waste. combating means to waste and from wanting to legal friendly materials liaison to the stakeholders, consumers industries and policy makers who must push together to bring about any and change. ah, the days of the legend of cleopatra relying on natural ingredients like which to below is milk and honey. for every the beauty of the tool, a long gone in many parts of the world. today the cosmetic industry offer the boss stabbing of shower gels, creams, mascaras and perfume to keep us king and feeling our best with the industry, generating over 4500000000 euros and sales in 2022 alone. it's a highly profitable business. however, it's also important to ask ourselves,

is it really good for us? ah, people normally use between 10 and 17 boston care products every day. here a mine do his best when i wake up. so shampoo and conditioner in the shower can watch when i need a moisturizer, la mama, vaseline mit of perfume and eyeliner, and a bit of lipstick. answer, mouth wash. ingredients for these can come from forming sources. fresh water. animals like wheels, plants like in that sweet rose essence and yup. chemicals are actually in these mineral oil, petrochemical paraffin. oil is also petrochemical and other common ones listed on products are butin all or any word with beautiful. anything with b, e, g, d, e, a r m year,

and hundreds of others are still derived from petrochemical sources. i was teaching a class, did ph d students. and they also didn't know. so this is not just like the general public is like people who are getting degrees and chemistry don't know that constance. bailey, at the university of tennessee knoxville, says the widespread use of federal chemicals was just not in public consciousness. yet literally, every chemical that we encounter in our life is made from petroleum for the most part. while there is evidence of skin irritation or reactions, in some cases, the scientific community is strongly debates that toxicity and impacts on health when dosage guidelines are followed. so it's not really much of a health concern, but the big impact of using petrochemical is on the environment. fracking and drilling for oil can heavily pl you'd the water, air and soil, and the petrochemical plants or so polluting themselves. community is have been actively opposing them around the world, including a region called cancer alley in louisiana. you could go past refinery because

you'll smoke going up into the air right now. that's, that's pollution. kings mill, boring as an analyst at carbon tracker, who focuses on the petrochemical industry. it's much, much more diluted, making chemicals then making pretty fuel call. because there's also the question of what happens after use dentist. 17 products means up to $300.00 chemicals being washed on the drain per person body. and it adds up micro plastics. probably the best known culprit have been found in over 70 percent of fish species studied. they can dramatically change behavior affect the larger marine environment and when people consume them, micro plastics could even cause damage to human. dni and is getting was one for one . betral chemicals have an even bigger impact on the climate than even the most famous enemy oil. to produce one ton of oil to be combusted around $2.00 tons of

carbon dioxide on released to reduce one ton of better chemicals that number's closer to 5 thousands, taking into account the energy use in production and disposal. so what is the alternative, slathering petroleum is we have the called it, it was believing that if something as natural it is automatically good. it is better for us. and yet with science, we now know that is definitely not true. dr. michelle long as cosmetic chemist who bust smith's about products on various platforms, including those spread by provenance of natural organic beauty. with natural, there are lots of different definitions of natural companies will say you have to use over a certain percentage of natural ingredients, which means the sources nature like fruits of plans, but these aren't necessarily c for not free of federal chemicals. in the e u, they have been international standard definition and some places use that other

places just don't really have any regulations around of organic is usually to do with how the ingredients were produced in terms of how they were farmed. this generally also doesn't mean that every ingredient from an organic source, all that it's better for the environment out. of course, these products can still having grades with links to petroleum. and using natural ingredients doesn't mean it's necessarily better for the environment either. take, for example, you want to smell like a morning, rose this spring and scan me synthesize in the land. but to squeeze out one gram of fluids, se from nature, you would need up to 10000 grams or 10 kilograms of rose petals. and obviously, grading the varies is harvesting, specializing like creating the specialized irrigating all distilling as well. sorry, my energy input. don't hope yet. that is a bright spot. it's called green chemistry. the idea of synthesizing the compounds

but from renewable materials. if we can make these from engineered micro organisms using cellulose feed stock rather than petroleum, then we're not reliant on digging oil out of the. 6 and it's already happening with groups using mainly agricultural waste, with a focus on sustainability. one company, the u. s. amorous has recently launched to personally carolines that you silica that creams not from petroleum, but from sugarcane residue as a feedstock. uh and a swiss company de carbonized a lipstick line by using a compound called iso dudek in which helps waterproof cosmetics last longer. it was 1st invented as an alternative to jet fuel, and that's something it could eventually become once production happens at scale. so a d combination, cosmetics could have a huge knock on effect,

on other more polluting industries, cosmetics, no, they're not like as big of a market share is like plastic or something like that. but it's still matters, right? because we still like, ah, it's just idea that everything that we need chemicals for, right? we are making out of petroleum right now. and if we were to magically say, like all of our combustion needs have been replaced by renewal balls. to morrow. we don't need to drill another barrel of oil, we'd be pretty, you know, we would be pretty screwed because we don't have other ways to make all these other molecules that we need in world. so what can you do? the 1st solution is the most boring alpha, but an sd was less and 2 smarter. unity need the product that you're buying and doesn't make sense in your context. second, knowing what to avoid. it depends very much on your skin kenny's on your priorities

and finally, where you put in money does matter. investing in big all small brands that have shown a commitment to using green chemistry is a good idea. in the long run, oil companies will have to figure out what to do with the by products and the petro chemicals that we no longer want. ah, oil spills, which are often the result of danco accidents, have severed and lasting consequences. the oil room slowly spreads, causing harm to seaboard, marine animals, plants, reefs, beaches, bees and the entire course to legal system. to mitigate the damage various measures at all from deacon, including the use of barriers to prevent oil from spreading, and the use of bonding skimming or suction methods to remove the oil. this last solution, let a british hairdresser to undertake a remarkable effort. and like a sheet in my hand,

while clearly to get one light. well do nice face frame live. when you are a little bit, we'll also do less repair in treatment for you as a wild room. if a glowing hairdresser adel williams loves to pamper her client in her house and on in wales, the cutting hair has always been more than just a job for her. and just got her hair means a lot people i think. and it's not even a vein thing really carrying about how your hair looks. it's just, it is an essence of who you are and your personality. i think if your hair's not feeling great, then you kind of don't feel great either. it's a win win for a del williams and making her clients feel good while saving the environment with their hair cuttings. every one in the salon support the cause. oh, loaded on the way here, i've always tried to recycle and things,

but i always felt like that was something more i can do. it's nice to be trying to start a business that is using a waste product to do some in the us. so good for the world safe. basically, from time to day this klein's has going from blonde to pink. her hair cuttings will end up in the back room. and with this felting device will be turned into an oil. matt, that absorbs oil spills in the see what i'm doing is i'm spitting it up into final pieces so that i resembles a piece of netting. and in this gets fed for the machine multiple times. and till it gets thick enough about an inch thick freebie and then add a hammer. adel williams grew up in the town of have a foot west and wales west coast. she loves the beach and to see her home town in

case of an oil spill here in the future. her mats could be used that's because hair is a good natural absorbant of grease and oil. the hair maps can soak up to 9 times their own weight and oil according to environmental organizations, they already being used in the usa as an eco friendly alternative to plastic maps. there is cut by hundreds of thousands of salons in the united states about 900000 salons, that are licensed cat about a pound or 2 a week. i and we all know that we shampoo, because here colette soil. so we started working with a hair stylist who came up with the idea of making oil spill math. to prepare taste an oil spill hits europe. adel williams was cooperating with the american

angio. she is optimistic because even the oil industry is now showing interest. at the moment, i has a few companies trialing lots. hopefully they will soon order the mats and stop pushing out those polypropylene matter they're using at the moment. the makeover is almost ready and the customers pleased not only because of her new hair color game re honker and be able to donate my hair to a good cause to mop up oil spills is really amazing. nice to see. last thing they like to see if that has as the young hairdresser is so much more than about looking good adel plans to continue proving just that as we've learned to be the us resources are finite, making sustainability and conservation essentially for the thriving future. if you take care of our environment to do our future generations will,

hank us on the planet we have inherited. i'll leave you with that and see you again next week. good bye. and thanks for t with ah, ah, with

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