DW Planet A | We need to fix landfills – here's how @DWPlanetA | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Almost 40% of all garbage still ends up on places where it should not, mostly landfills. They cause many diseases and are a massive driver of climate change, releasing methane. The solutions vary from high tech modern landfilling to simple waste segregation and composting.
#planeta #landfills #composting #methane
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en
Credits:
Reporter: Albert Steinberger
Video Editor: Markus Otto Mörtz
Supervising Editors: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Fact-Check: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:
Global Waste management Outlook 2024:
unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024
World Bank Publication: What a waste 2.0:
datatopics.worldbank.org/what-a-waste/trends_in_solid_waste_management.html
Global Methane pledge:
globalmethanepledge.org
Study: Quantifying methane emissions from United States:
landfillscarbonmapper.org/study-finds-landfill-point-source-emissions-have-an-outsized-impact-and-opportunity-to-tackle-u-s-waste-methane
Environmental Protection Agency (US): Facts and figures:
epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/national-overview-facts-and-figures-materials
Chapters:
00:00 Garbage Fires
00:50 A Global Problem About to Get Worse
03:27 Design and Engineering Solutions
06:19 Reducing Organic Waste in Dumps
09:36 Dumpsite Restorations
11:10 Conclusion: The Bigger Picture
Almost 40% of all garbage still ends up on places where it should not, mostly landfills. They cause many diseases and are a massive driver of climate change, releasing methane. The solutions vary from high tech modern landfilling to simple waste segregation and composting.
#planeta #landfills #composting #methane
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en
Credits:
Reporter: Albert Steinberger
Video Editor: Markus Otto Mörtz
Supervising Editors: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Fact-Check: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:
Global Waste management Outlook 2024:
unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024
World Bank Publication: What a waste 2.0:
datatopics.worldbank.org/what-a-waste/trends_in_solid_waste_management.html
Global Methane pledge:
globalmethanepledge.org
Study: Quantifying methane emissions from United States:
landfillscarbonmapper.org/study-finds-landfill-point-source-emissions-have-an-outsized-impact-and-opportunity-to-tackle-u-s-waste-methane
Environmental Protection Agency (US): Facts and figures:
epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/national-overview-facts-and-figures-materials
Chapters:
00:00 Garbage Fires
00:50 A Global Problem About to Get Worse
03:27 Design and Engineering Solutions
06:19 Reducing Organic Waste in Dumps
09:36 Dumpsite Restorations
11:10 Conclusion: The Bigger Picture
