the nature of the 0 central gulf and how these police can be changed. the start filming us. plea for new perspectives. starts october 20th us dw, the, the hello and welcome to focus on your. my name is liz. chill on average, every european produces around 500 kilograms of waste per year. but what actually happens to it once we discard it? some of it is given a new life, but what is not recycled is incinerated or ends up in landfills and the worst case?

and sort it in some countries in eastern and southern europe. this type of disposal is still widespread. romania is ranked among the was worst member states for waste recycling, a lot of garbage and recycle of material is thrown together before it even arrives at the landfill. this violates the standards of the european union, which has given money to romania for proper waste management. this includes the construction of a modern landfill in inclusion of pocket, but a reporter discovered that millions in 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 of to replace the old or 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 change in the 1st impression. this means that there are 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 that it is not actually recycling is one called the phone to pick everything. and then it happens before our very eyes. the sign 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 mentioned or coder is going to works in the waste industry is also inactive us and keeps track of what clues just waste collectors aren't doing the so what's happening now again are different types of is right? yes. yes. i think they are mixing or or they'll be yes. unfortunately, romania risk cycles cost 14 percent of its municipal waste compared to the average of 49 percent of the influx was yes,

semis right now recycle some more expensive to collect the mixed waste. they show we're not mistakes or there's no incentive to collect them separately. for like they fit body with the shown dakota, shirley, 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. and the whole thing, this is not a moment or a mistake. this is a structure, as you can see from the area that these covered with non treated non sorted garbage . most of them with the area they don't treat, don't sort of 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 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 we observed that in precious did not being recycled and not collected separate and includes. and this is one of the main boards of european waste management stuff. and that's, so am i you as the jewish county, not concerned about this. probably pigs use the boss. there may be some isolated

problems start to close it. i tell you as a citizen that it's definitely not a systematic problem. when you across each at the time, no one appears 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 old managed by the number of states back in romania. no one seems to feel responsible as much to the dismay of each funds to college. as long as europe is happy with the the s and they are and they have been and they would be, would remain nearly and have no problem in producing more nice media. we couldn't find out who is to blame for callous inclusion. but maybe that's the root of the

problem in the tangle of european projects. everyone wants a piece of the pie, but it seems no one wants to take full responsibility for the waste or from where the money is going. or what's your needs concerning waste is a rethink, says alicia to see, and she can back up her words with actions. her family business in the fashion powerhouse of italy is committed to recycling and she is not alone there in tuscany, around the city of title many take. so companies create new from old, with proud to quickly becoming the pairs of sustainable fashion. vis used clothing been could be in almost any european city, but no matter where it's located, chances are the closing will end up in prod. so it's in the the world text, the recycling capital around 150 of the 7000 text

companies here are involved. and recycling used close from germany, austria and switzerland and up at salvatore. run gino's warehouse. did you find that she gave me? this is where we separate what comes in. we separate t shirts, pants, children's clothing, sweaters, and jackets. according to the season on a winter or summer, is that not the resales 2 thirds of the closing mostly to africa. and each a tennessee who works next door takes the last 3rd or finally business has been turning us close into yarn and fabric for 4 generations challenger at hi. how's it going to be great in the material? yeah, it's all pretty good. one great. or then the magic begins, the end, the discarded scraps will become new yarn and wo, it's a complex process that starts here in the table. and one solar goal is to

restore the young to its original color as soon as we separate the colors. and then the machine turns the racks into a tiny define proposed scratching my head out. that way we were to the original color without to kind of code eyes that chemical ties are only one of the problems of today's textile industry. worldwide 20 percent of water pollution comes from dying on finishing fibrex. that's another reason why recycling used clothing is so important. the material then goes to and washing plans where it's shredded and turns back into rule material. company processes up to $25.00 tons of fiber per day. the final product of these fluffy fibers, the material has been dried and now has the moisture content of the original fi

button. now it's ready to be packaged. and so those funds, the on the recycling process continues in a nearby factory. the fibers are turned into yarn and then fabric. every european buys an average $26.00 kilos of textiles per year. most eventually ends up as landfill. for dietrie, it's a terrible waste. we're trying to do us small pot here. of course, if the fashion industry follow down lead, we could accomplish that much more. it's hard to believe. so 21 percent of all used clothing in the world is recycled and 15 percent of that one percent is recycled? here in pa, a tool. yes, some of the contribution here in protest textile district using poles and to leave his father as president of gets leased textile recycling association. but he says we're cycled fibrex can't be the only solution, not for simulate dollar g for data,

but at the moment we can't satisfy the level industrial and consumer demand with 100 percent recycled materials event. know that goes to my go to the gospel account . okay. we have to do now is make it clear how important it is to move more and more in the direction of recycling. you know, mean thing, can we mean todd young dot it, they love it as soon as they need to go to. that also means encouraging young designers like students from a freshman academy who use recycled tech styles from prato for the creations and central prod. so the roof start off is already selling recycled design or fashion around the world. nicolo geoffrey, on his goal, is to bring together our, to his new methods, sustainable fashion. and the principles of a circular economy. with the amount of general consent to people that we're seeing that more and more people are interested in these issues and are willing to buy less clothing, but spend more on quality that remain on the business. the opposite effect fashion,

which is what we have until just a few years ago. that so that was all about low price of the style in buying new clothes. more often got the same thing. we live, we spend people home on comfortable people like nicolo, and the leech. we are showing, the sustainable fashion is more than just the dream, more places like product, so all over the world can help make it's a reality. a delia from latin america came to spain with a dream sending sufficient money back home to support her children. but her dream turned into a nightmare. she now works as an in turn, not in madrid, in turn of a workers who takes care of the household and live with their employers like, or pairs. often they are without any papers such as a residence permit, which makes them even more vulnerable. the spanish government has introduced stricter laws bugs despite that. people like delia continue to be abused. in

6 days a week, 16 hours a day daily is filled into self at work for us with a cellphone. in this apartment in madrid, spain she takes care of the household and looks off to the children. she sleeps here too, but the 57 year old doesn't want to show us hovering. it's the only piece of privacy so, you know, when i read that the on the, they put me in a 2 by 3 me to basement room. okay. hold on. i don't have a window, then. it's the meaning is one of the sad to have to live like this. he said he didn't, even though you take care of it. first thing in the apartment, look around the cloak, so you do your best. but still end up in a situation like say that i see and, and is she thought they called in town us because they live in the household. they usually from latin america or the philippines. they do the groceries mind the children take care of the elderly. like here in the upscale neighborhoods of mentor

it. he has to give us so long, not every single cook and cleaning everything wrong, cool, 24 hours a day. this cancel starts and then finish may not be at this domestic workers association. carlos here on is the tech person 5. she's not above doing the cleaning. she too has worked as an antenna in the past. now with the association, she supports the workers' rights because many don't even get the designated minimum wage for their work. $1080.00 euros a month, migrants for that residency, right? so often shamelessly exploited this levy to move this is more than slavery because they don't pay use an eco minimum and your rights getting from hold on just because you don't have papacy eula. and then the, when you complain that the employer says, why should i pay you buy the books when you don't even have paperless?

good it that way. if i look into a late season, the populace dentist daily often comes by the association. 17 years ago, he came to spain from paraguay to en money for her family. the biggest burden is the separation from her children. son was 10 at the time her daughter 15 because he doesn't have it in the, in the come on. most of the questions that i, while i left my children in paraguay and now i'm here for other people's children, which i know you forget the don't you, i've missed a lot of things on my daughter's wedding to both of my full grandchildren. my father's death full of the thing is that keep a family together assignment that lead total for the media. if ideally gets help from the association psychologist, anna camacho thinks the extreme living situation of the antennas is dangerous. they can be frustration and depression,

even the loss of one's own identity. the last that on the hand to allow you helping you out a lot of city julian boundaries between your truly been and working life, but blue going through this. how do i a person that say really i was one on monday to your privacy and personal development, but i mean to, to them. and finally mothers, both really low of the spanish authorities wants to end the precarious situation. they've imposed contracts with the minimum rest periods. and you decree now, grant unemployment benefits to domestic workers. but in reality, domestic work is hard to monitor. family was the reason daily. i left power of why to work as an antenna 70 years later, and children are practically strangers to make an idea. i mean, i wouldn't do it again and how come will say i will find, stay in my country and somehow take care of my children that. but at least i'd be

with them like a house today, or i have no hope of winning back then. the daily a is still proud that her work has enabled her children to get an education. but it's being a high price to pay for more than 20 years ago, part you go to criminalize the consumption of all types of drugs in the coastal city or porto, and other parts of the country. it's mainly those who deal in drugs who have to face legal consequences. well, experts halo step as a role model for other countries. porter residents like this, daniel silva have a different view. he's unhappy about how addicts are getting high in his neighborhood. often with the police seemingly powerless, charlton file, discarded bits of syringes and large co evidence of drug use in the streets and punks of point. christiano silva sees it every day. he lives in

portugal, 2nd largest city, and a middle class neighborhood. it's also a hang out for a drug that's above and it's disrespectful to the rest of the society or they're using open late in the street. if it's gonna be yeah, if you don't like it, you have to cross the street and you have my block. then if you say it's not ok, they get aggressive, difficult. that's something for them. i've, you'll end point you called the criminalized old narcotics in 2001. no matter how dangerous anyone found in possession of less than 10 day supply. now, just going to fine, only dealers go to jail were on the road with the police trade unionist who co maria, this is a drug dealing area is a big way he is in the back. there is there meetings, warranty and it's better to avoid it. because they can get lost by what keep within seeking that i have is dealing is still prohibited. most drunk trains and made

behind closed doors want outdoor consumption isn't allowed. it really has legal consequences. it really mackey is game since we're no longer allowed to ramp consumers. and the problem is we come across more and more situations like this was made of the police have to have their hands tied together with. they never use that as soon as i saw for a few of those who can call to offer therapy and drug centers like this one was supposed to drones uses off the streets. but this is the only one in on of paul to show outcomes a daily to smoke, a comp time of heroin and cocaine under supervision of the over 2 months. so we're human beings will stick some of the dictator to drugs. so we need a lot of houses we'll examine, we do assign colleges, deanna,

castro is proud of point you goals drunk law. she says it's a way to entice those effected out at the shadows. after all, they're off. you a drunk dance. now, when the pianist and it goes to no cleaning or the saddle when drug used as a crime, who's the attic stay hidden off the social radar? no, no. they don't accept treatment offers. simply because they're viewed as criminals, some quasi value, excuse me, not as people in need of health and that can assist you from that for you the so but that's clearly a lack of treatment surfaces. critics, 5th public safety. it's an untenable state of affairs for put, treat, see a rep as old cheese the district man over amount to want to point out his problem, neighborhoods ssl, the meals on either side. this feeling of fear that the task of turning around and looking to see if someone was behind you towards the cfo. it's unacceptable for the 1st place. yeah, we need more police as we see and more patrols on the street,

the less who us the police you and you know, also calling for the top emissions the. we're doing our job doing our rounds. yes. let me open, but if there are no consequences, difficult, i think we use the facility that takes the users and forces them to accept the treatment of i mean. so my facility with enough resources and professionals to care for the knowledge, whether or not to bring out an individual, often more than 20 years of liberal and drunk policies. it is time to act says residents, christiano silver, caring for addicts is all very well, but not at the expense of protecting the population easily. 1 a couple of it all leads to a sense that they can do what they, he lives with impunity. people then gets a pretty dangerous spiral. yes, the scholars is lessened to billy glosson. things settled down, debating christiano neighborhood after

a big police operation. but some of the drug seen just moved to another part of town. something that clearly doesn't solve portez problem. a single post on social media has the power to change lives. it happened to sasha soon. yeah, cause born with down syndrome and online post sparked a new wave of solidarity and brand new life into the cafe where he works. it's in the above them town of tools lab. the cafe is unique because it employs people with disabilities and they are devoted to their jobs. so when word spread, it was pasting closure. the community rallied. his job means everything to sasha shown you. ok? 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. so let me just go to

the slide. it makes me so happy. i'm sort of joy, say lima pony. i love working here and i always love it. rolling the i the more the a top i could work here 24 hours without to break stuff into that. i missed a few that his colleagues for is presume of it. you can't speak, but with definitely seconds that he even wanted to put a bed in the cafe. so he could spend the night there. the 2 of them are fortunate. the cafe project is the only one of its kind in bosnia. even seeing their faces and the faces of their families at the cafe is become like a 2nd home for them causes dominique of let me see what needs to be with the parent say that they've never been happier. i suppose that was one of the project was

actually on the brink of failure. 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 genus. 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, 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, i can post them after i post. everything changed is that these pushes us at 1st. the regional media reported on it, then it went nationwide with him. so suddenly,

however full from morning till night. of course, if this would not be the 1st 23 weeks, you couldn't get a table here for the business advisors on up a lot of them. 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 this one of the best coffee is a week today. tidy, almost pedantic, became a cheese and the service is tough glass. something was to go ahead and be stuck with me. well, i was quite surprised at 1st. i didn't expect it, but it makes no difference. i think they even stares 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 up promising one. well,

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