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is where things are wealthy, industrial nations no longer need, and the lightest textile waste gets stranded here. all about the final stuff in a global fashion industry. fast fashion. watch now on youtube the . this is focus on europe. i'm larva lola welcome. romania is ranked among the used worst member states for waste recycling. the vast majority of garbage and recycling material is thrown together before it even arrives at the landfill. this violates the standards of the european union,
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which has given money to romania for proper waste management. this includes the construction of a modern landfill includes, but our reporter discovered that millions and e u funding has failed to clean up the problem. a romanian landfill site full of unsorted waste financed with money from the european union. this was supposed to be a modern, environmentally friendly waste down to replace the older illegal landfill site near the city of pollution. i forgot that had been an eyesore for decades. the new landfill opened after much delay, but not much seems to have improved. on sorted garbage is still dumped here. nothing is recycled, harmful practice fencing and legal and the you. we want to find out what went wrong here. in a residential area, we looked at the start of the waste chain. the 1st impression is there are
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different bins for different waste. okay, you guys recycle your way. sometimes sometimes this was sometimes he doesn't make sense because the same car is taking the garbage. so if it is not actually recycling, there's one called the phone to pick everything. and then it happens before our very eyes. the sun on the truck reads today we collect paper, but they also taking everything else from all the bins the use this an isolated case or if it's a stomach we need shown dakota is going to works in the waste industry is also inactive us and keeps track of what crews just waste collectors aren't doing
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the so what's happening now are different types ways, right? yes, yes. i think they are mixing or or they'll be yes. unplugged romania recycling skills, 14 percent of its municipal waste compared to the average of 49 percent of the shonda recruiters for i sense this partly stems from her manias. the system, the moment blocks was yes, semis, light know, recyclable. it's a more expensive to collect the mixed waste and they show we're not made because there's no incentive to collect them separately for like they fit body
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with shown dakota chevrolet and 3 other environmental activist. i watched drone footage of the new waste plant. the activists are concerned that the site is filling up faster than it should with on sorted waste, which is illegal in the elizabeth thing. this is not a momentary mistake. this is a structure, as you can see from the area that these covered with non treated non sorted garbage . most of them, what do you realize? they don't treat, don't sort just dump it there. it's, it's so obvious. from 2014 to 2020 the you spent 318000000 euro, subsidizing waste management in romania, 40000000 inclusion alone. we want to speak with the people responsible for waste collection here. but neither the waste company nor the romanian ministry of european investments. reply to our inquiry the local
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waste management association does, however, tell us in writing the bill and post penalties if there are deficiencies. the district council here is responsible for implementing the project. we met with the spokes person who says occlusions and doesn't have a waste problem. this homework is blocked, the building leave closed all public non compliant landfills and have put both the new landfill and the integrated waste management center into operation. got the dish and that's a definite success with big cloud. yes, the one from the just we observed that and precious the not being recycled and not collected separate includes and this is one of the main goal is of a european waste management stand. that's so am i you as the jewish county, i'm not concerned about this. probably pigs is the boss. there may be some isolated
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problems or the climate i tell you as a citizen that it's definitely not a systematic problem. when you across each at the time, no one up here is willing to acknowledge the waste problem here. so we had to brussels to ask what the you commission, which financed much of romania as a waste disposal system is doing about this, opened up the whole country. the commission does not manage projects. we do not follow each separate project. we have under equation policy, the previous peers, 1500000 projects on more than 1500000 projects funded by equation policy. and these are all managed by the member states. back in romania. no one seems to feel responsible much to the dismay of each fund. so gotcha, i think this is the hines of surveillance camera near the landfill to track what is dumped the plants to file a complaint with the european anti fraud office or old off. but he isn't very optimistic as, as long as europe is had be,
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we'd be the s and they are and they have been and they would be romania. we'll have no problem in producing more nicely. we couldn't find out who is to blame for countless inclusion. but maybe that's the root of the problem in the tangle of european projects. everyone wants a piece of the pine, but it seems no one wants to take full responsibility for the waste or from where the money is going. the countdown is on in less than a year. paris will host the summer olympics swimming elite from all over the world will be competing for gold, and several of their races will take place in the sense. but the river that waves through the french capital is not entirely safe. its water quality has historically been poor a century ago. a strict swimming band was implemented in the sun, but the city wants to get the problem under control by 2024 and they are diving
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into work to meet the deadline. it's still quiet on this and this morning the paris river police, which keeps an eye on the river. 247 is out on patrol commanders . so female lab hits the brigade for her. the sand is like a town with residents traffic and also rules like the $1000.00 the swimming is strictly forbidden. regions aren't allowed on this whole boat. so there are too many dangers in the risk of drowning as long as they expose in it. don't say louise, good then why? yes. it's been banned for 100 years. but thanks to the olympic games there are in vicious plans to allow swimming and the river again. the largest sports part's ever designed in the heart of a city. it included
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a 160 meter long floating athletics track and amazing facilities set up across the cities. famous landmarks including the send river lee and though is looking forward to it, he lives on this end and a causally furnished house boat. he's planning to watch the opening ceremony of the olympic games next year from his deck live and up close from his front row seat. so it's hot, come sex of us to see that. so it's going to be here, but you all, my friends will be here to, i'm going to enjoy it together while i pull up. the me will be run of close and i'm definitely planning to make the most of the party, you know, the benefit keep points to where hundreds of thousands of people will be watching from the river banks. and some of the water sport events will be taking place close by
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done and you're less cool is a physicist who's been working for the city of paris and testing the water quality of the sand for 5 years now looking for bacterial contamination. the big question is whether the river will be clean enough for the games and whether the athletes will be allowed in the water. simples get safe, is added as a pulse. i think it will be doable, or with the regular on proper measures to ensure water quality has full stop. like, we're not going to put anybody in danger because they're sampling verifies to watch or quantity. because you know, i'm not ready to go to get to the bottom of this, we go deep into the balance of parents in this suburbs, just 200 meters past the parents city limits. there are still many homes that aren't connected to the capitals, sewage system. work here has been going on for weeks to install
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a new pipes for about 35000 households is on felipe shows us his new system of practice. what is that? because it is useful to you now, while the pipes are connected to the kitchen that the toilets, the bathroom toilet seat offensive. and he didn't have to pay a thing because the municipality covered the cost less for the olympic games. depends because if it's not something to do with it, sure, cuz i don't think i'm putting the, the area wants to show it has a functioning wastewater system. they do. they need that it's high season on the sense here and everywhere preparations for the olympics are under way captain dave, but why? and his river boat had been selected for a big mission. his boat will
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be among the $116.00 vessels to sail on this then at the opening ceremony. and he is excited again. so there's just a going of course i'm pretty proud demo. it's a big event coming up. a massive event for paris and, and then vicious overall for the river cent. it's all too often. death is a taboo subject that many people avoid talking about again as celiac is terminally ill and only has a few months left to live. but again, it doesn't feel she can speak about it freely and openly with her family. instead, she leaves on this woman martina bu caps. she is a trained end of life companion and she specializes in minimizing the fear surrounding deaf one moment. so okay,
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i have to where it is for at least 60 no worries the night and yes to the oxygen device gift. so i'm looking up celiac snobs, but she's tom and the l with end stage c or p d, and incurable lung disease. she has only 20 percent lung capacity and it's decreasing without the supplementary oxygen. she can hardly do anything. yeah. as for me, it smells, for me it's all in stressful because i'm cost or phone back. and when you have something constantly up against your face, it's unpleasant to me. we're not going or you know, wants to prepare for her own death, which is why matching up who cuts drops by once a week. she's a volunteer for much. he is an international as an end of life companion also cool to death and to love. she's already a company more than a dozen people in the conversations easily. he knows fear of dying. do you mind holding a she's experienced that close on and talks about it just give,
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which gives me courage. a free is this tame a new will pick, you know, physically difficult to, but what's difficult is what people making that we can be very relaxed about. and we can talk about everything that's not possible with everyone. what was the beginning of it works wonderfully. that's what number one, it's kind of the 2 of them speak quite tough indeed about the funeral to christopher soil. then i'd like to be scattered in the mountains that would be important for me and to see hardy, but not at the desk tardy all the party, and then the, all my friends should celebrate life and the not death i and that's when i want. that's what movies much seen onto the 9 months training course with them all to use us as an end of life and community that she loved to keep a professional distance school. but with the key not that's not easy as it is, and some have made such a woman how to the guy said to fully aware of her situation a little so. so positive that need she gives me energy. you know, even though i've no idea where she gets it from, you know, okay. and,
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but it's just lovely. yeah. it's, it's, i prefer backups like he knows a few weeks later, she lives with her husband and an essex lot without a balcony. but then it's a huge effort to even guest house have to do. her husband helps her. it takes forever for them to make it down to 3 flows. clicking i can only work short distances from the trip to the finish in front of the house is a special occasion. she's been married to her husband for 40 years and can rely on him and the 2 children. but she can't talk about her death with them as openly and easily as with moments. you know, latino is already racing in the kitchen today. the question is whether it like, you know, will soon be going to the hospital my, the, the, you know, i didn't say if i am still able to choose one. if i'm still together enough to make that choice myself. yeah. wonderful not to others. go on sunday. outings,
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but i'm saying to check out of hospice. there's times right just 2 months later at the beginning of december, the outing takes place looking us husband. both gardner supports of the companies. how to the appointment though, he'd prefer to stay at home. but laguna has a mind of her own and it's open to look through with my tina are not mailing displays. and then after several discussions, including with my multi site end of life coming on and i decided it would be better if my family worry is directly involved on the laws team. hopefully, i don't think it would be so good for them to say their mother being carried out and beat 1st because even when you more time, it's interesting to see if i missed most. i want to get 3 moment slay, says the key, not a student's home, and she's maxed into the most central living room, my noise, diego, but here's my new neural embed, rent. i've relocated all good mix. it was
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and it's in hilla. everything's a bit brighter, friendlier. i can also have visitors here and everything's wonderful. this wouldn't unplug michelle and her husband's just a push of about no way. this is mine, james. now the husband now works from home so that he can tend to ha, they've put off the move to the hospice for now. he's healthy because he does, i gets all the i've seen that she can still manage quite well at home. if you help are going, and i'd rather have her here than being alone all day and only going to visit her and to hit somebody open for them. so i can also accept that i'm no longer treated as the husband to say. but as jane is the service, you know, yeah. and could you give pocket money to, to know about 2 weeks of doctors visits, you know, die as suddenly as gently as she had wished for. maxine up and cups,
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where's the policy out for to regina will send a ration by looking at hardware and the policy to is also like like, you know, imagine that out loud wrestling kind of phone that so we can read it should be and that's exactly how it's turned out because it came on the east, the family feels like he knows last wish they scott, so how ashes and this was mountains a single post on social media has the power to change lives. it happened to sasha sion yak, who was born with down syndrome, and online post sparked a wave of solidarity and brief new life into the cafe where he works. it's in the bosnian town of to his lot. the cafe is unique. it employs people with disabilities and they are devoted to their jobs. so when word spread,
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it was facing closure. the community rallied. his job means everything to sasha show new york. he works almost every day at the clubs, me over search for dragons part club, cafe, and such. it has the heart of a fighter. he doesn't give up, even when the going gets tough to manage it so that it makes me so happy. i'm full of joy. let's say lima pony. i love working here. i don't always love it. really. that i the more that a death i could work here 24 hours without to break it to that. mid up in a few that his colleagues, forrest costume of that you can't speak, but with definitely 2nd that he even wanted to put a bed in the cafe so he could spend the night there. the 2 of them are fortunate. in bosnia, there are next to no jobs for people with down syndrome, even though many have
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a vocational school diploma. for instance, in gastronomy the cafe project is the only one of its kind in bosnia, almost as you can see in their faces. and the faces of their families. but the cafe is become like a 2nd home for them. cargo. the only because with me what the severely, parents say that they've never been happier, i suppose that was going on faith. the project was actually on the brink of failure . people with disabilities still struggle for inclusion in bosnia, in the 1st few months. hardly any guests came. the cafe next door was full to the brim, but not so the dragon's heart. apart from edema offended jean it's the writer has known such as since childhood. she visits him in the cafe almost every day. one saturday, a few weeks ago she was the only guest an old man took a photo of her nissan. no, no,
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i didn't know on there took my picture. we were sitting there chatting and he said he was going to post that the club was closing at the end of the month. he said that okay. um yeah, i said, oh, come on. it doesn't have to come to that. and he said, we can survive this financially. macintosh, a boston, have to have hosting with everything changed. uh. is that the solution? this is 1st, the regional media reported on it. then it went nationwide news. and so suddenly we were full from morning till night to the 4th it. this will not be the 1st 23 weeks . you couldn't get a table here for the business. i was on a perhaps level on yes. so it was a miracle they say, since then, the cafe has been doing great. the guests pile on the praise. the truth though, like coffee. i'm telling you it's one of the best caches we today, tidy, almost pedantic, became a cheese and the service is top glass. something was to go ahead and be so cool me
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. well, i was quite surprised at 1st. i didn't expect it, but it makes no difference. i think they even serve me and the others with a bit more respect in friendliness than you'd see elsewhere. similar projects are set to open in other locations. the dragons are cafe is just the beginning. but a promising one, it's a highlight for hikers in this with out one of the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridges with a steep upward pass. it's not for the faint of heart, but those who cross the charles, cool and bridge. i rewarded with an exhilarating view of the alps. the view below the bridge is also breathtaking, so much so that some hikers are forced to turn back. this is the longest pedestrian suspension bridge and the elves and one of the longest in the world. but
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you can only reach it on foot, getting there involves a steep climb from the switch village of rhonda through pristine untouched nature. most people can see it takes 2 hours to get to the bridge which over awarded with an amazing panoramic view item and noticed pundum at almost nearly 500 meter low bridge spans part of the matter valley. it doesn't cost anything to cross, but you do have to have a head for heights. the slight swing motion can take a little getting used to. it takes about 10 minutes to cross. at its highest point, the bridge is 85 meters above the boulder strewn ravine. we love it. absolutely. fantastic. yeah, we'll find out what's the class and the view was spectacular. absolutely gorgeous. and my name's lawrence and it was very so, and if you look down is usually for and you need to show because of this guy walks you through structure,
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you can't help but look down and adrenalin rush for some but too much for others. some even turnaround is this festival, it's the 1st time that i've been here. yeah. but because so many people were using it all at once. i got scared by more than shot the pod behind trickle menu. but there's no real reason to be afraid, despite its delicate appearance, the 65 centimeter wide suspension bridge is very sturdy. just a few years ago hikers would walk through the ravine below. but the trail was becoming more and more dangerous. these of casualties visit part over here was always a bit of a problem because there is a rock glacier there, as well as permafrost tools, and often there was rock fall, get you, but in the comments. and so we had to figure out how to make this section sake on these, these all transitional things, to the suspension bridge. it's now much easier to hike the rober trail from causation to so much and enjoy spectacular views of switzerland's highest peaks too . well, no chance of getting lost in the woods on that trail. well,
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that's all from us this week. i focus on your up. thank you so much for watching bye for now. the, [000:00:00;00]
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