Interesting stories on good ideas my lovely colleague nieto from nigeria has more details thank you sandra im now in tideway here in lagos and i am glad that you could join us todays show will take us from lyons to hippos to gardens on sea to moves just an example of ideas up protect our environment and make it a bit more livable heres whats coming up on the show who will be taking a look at how theyre using plastics to build roads in south africa. What toggling these doing to stop it so i was yes im killing wound. On how a German Company is pondering environmentally friendly battery recycling. But 1st sandra has todays top story over to you something new to our top story is really all about hip we ladies in africa love to change our headstone. I really like the straight called the long shot and part of the in white fellas hey weve all extensions maybe the us but they are often made of plastic fibers which results in a lot of waste now a young woman in fact will replace the synthetic extensions but im not sure environmentally friendly material she didnt want to price for it. For many women their hair is their corning glory if they are knocking it all just falls into place and shines but sometimes even the loveliest head needs some work at this hairdressing salon in nairobi they use i sew for head extensions and braids in a wide variety of cars they are one of the saloon some took us a bully came up with the idea to use a fibers in head dressing she founded us raise 2 years ago after kenya had banned single use Plastic Products until then hex tensions were usually made of plastic refund. On say so because they knew boys may wind rain phone doesnt sting they make him roll in doesnt cut it when being painted size so 5 by extensions are not just eco friendly they also proved to be cheaper over time the headdresses here say demand is growing. Braiding woodside so here is very good because even when my clients and do their hair they still use them but if in fact a care is only used once before and then thrown away the difference is that this text will not to braid unlike synthetic hair and it also states know within said the cat i braid very fast i sometimes drives once a week to come again almost 400 kilometers west of nairobi together side. Lives and process the 5 has together with employee as a care malacca. Their fibers are soaked in a solution to soften them and then left to dry then they have died and packaged each set says for they quiver and off one us dollar some took us a boor is confident she could grow our business in remission we took on a man this invention is due to the not is from the Central Government of kenya. They said that this to emphatic weaves polluting the environment i removed and right on me so i stayed and thought how to remove synthetic ones when i tell you this. Then they take their biodegradable natural hair on a mans back to the sun one in nairobi 10 of their regular customers are committed fans of the new braids and extensions and some talk of has enjoyed the support of the think positive are tentative exists Mentorship Program run by the destroyed touch money center she dreams of setting her friendly fashion products around the world one day but for now she is concentrating on the domestic market in kenya. Those expenses may go slicer can be useful for sit so theyre not really a budget on the environment but he thinks about about how but sees whats going saying oh was toxic substances traditional once these on us it a new a once more and thats because may help link young couples may call on other missiles but im not on a dangerous fund with someone on a boat i thought of these chemicals can be separated unfixed like now a company and so many cars pushed up the recycling efficiency close to. Germany is car country statistically every 2nd president owns an automobile christiane how nish does to the engineer also knows that when old cars end up in the junkyard a mountain of scrap and waste is created harnish wants to salvage and recycle as much of the old cars as he can and hed like to make a living from it. He runs a Small Company that recycles car batteries. He specializes in batteries for electric vehicles which contain a lot of valuable Raw Materials especially metals. But its not easy to extract them and it can also be dangerous. But that didnt discourage the businessman. The batteries are already out so it makes sense to extract the real materials and reuse them we saw a huge potential in that. So 10 years ago the process engineer founded the dos and fed company this special shredder is at the heart of his firm it shreds the scrap batteries turning them into granular it. Theres a good reason for the thick steel plates in the machine they protect the inner walls from the liquid components in the battery electrolyte which is highly explosive. Finding a way to separate the electrolyte from other components was the biggest challenge they took khan ish 10 years of drawing calculating and testing now the pure battery fluid flows into a steel tank. This is the electrolyte fluid no one else can do that his Company Sells it to the chemical industry. The granulated lands in the sorting machine which results in a grayish powder. At 1st glance it doesnt look like its worth much. Now to be fooled this is the fuel for electrolytic it contains lithium cobalt nickel and manganese and thats what we want to extract. To do that tarnish needed experts on chemical processes he found them at a University Close by professor to o. B. S. Albert knows exactly which acids can be used to extract the Precious Metals without dissolving them. But isolating numerous metals from the great powder is a challenge even for him he was so taken with the idea that he became a partner. In the meantime the specialist in hydro metallurgy is able to break down the great powder step by step into its components cobalt sulfate carbonate nickel sulfate and manganese sulfate. In this pure form the precious Raw Materials can be used in the production of batteries. To keep the impact on nature as small as possible its naturally desirable to keep the cycle of Raw Materials as small as possible the dusun failed company has proven that it can extract Precious Metals from batteries albeit on a small scale soon though these special shredders will be placed at various locations around europe. And instead of the recyclable powder christiane hunnish wants to be able to sell the Precious Metals themselves for that though he needs his own chemical factory winding through the one to a lot of thinking about it all but its wonderful when you see that what youve come up with is being put into effect. He can already recycle 75 percent of the battery see gets his competitors only manage a 3rd of that as a pioneer in recycling Christiane Harnish has shown whats possible. Now its time for this weeks doing good its a really good idea for the environment so youre being continent. Well in the east and cant return when you have been thinking of you as going to be tested in a few countries but its hes already looking like an alternative to combination of all those men something. Thats right sandra i mean its good for our continent the way its got Profit Growth uses up waste from 1800000 profit by 653 bottles and keep me about kind of with ill be environment will definitely make a difference. In south africa only 16 percent of Plastic Waste is recycled. The rest ends up in landfill sites all the environment the municipality of Port Elizabeth is now building the 1st of a plastic road in the region the asphalt makes contains pellets made of shredded Plastic Waste they come from a firm in scotland that wants to test this new kind of roadway in south africa. The way i think that we are its a very i think that would not be a fly going on. Board the right but. By removing the upper 3rd of the bed to run reducing them but there are. Why mention the need for you to feel that the department of the byproduct of oil. Obviously reducing the fact that thats right into that boat. And potentially into. The company says that compared to standard Asphalt Concrete roads thats also last longer if the test proves to be a success the company will consider building a plant in south africa to process locally generated Plastic Waste each kilometer uses the equivalent of 684000 plastic bottles making the environment a little bit cleaner. And how about you. If youre also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet hash tag doing your beat. We share your stories. Now humans and wild animals living in the same region not a good mix. Often hunted and killed lions in retaliation for the big cat attacking the livestock. People have speared or even poison and. Now a project is trying out a simple solution to ease the problem making friends being areas where because i can spend the night in safety. Most people have protected their herds in tanzania using natural barriers made of shrubs and bushes cows and goats are an important stakes a symbol and of source and food but lions sometimes get into the corals in times of drought the natural barrier can dry out so the messiah have gone on the offensive the predators themselves are becoming prey the difference is that today beyond just a spear people can pick up poisons they can pick up. That means that they can kill a lot more animals in one go and so instead of just losing one lion in a conflict incident we can lose the entire prize up to 1015. 00 animals at a time. Experts estimates that around 37000 lions lived in the african savannas 2 decades ago since then the number in africa has dropped by 40 percent and put in lions on the list of species considered vulnerable to extension the main reason is the loss of habitat and lack of prey but on open 7 as well lion still roam poaching for body parts and revenge killings are the next most significant threat not only in tanzania this is the big new sort of red flag on the rise and lions are now being killed all over Southern Africa in large numbers and never have their faces cut off their feet cut off or trinkets more than 50 lion monitors from a cycle munich have been trained by the African People and Wildlife Initiative in tanzania theyre there to convince members of the tribe to protect the lions instead of killing them. And so i wore a sign to a t. Petro is one of the monitors he thinks its important that both humans and lions have enough room to live. If we were to continue protecting these lions our children we continue seeing them and future generations will continue seeing them and they would then protect lions because they will be educated to do so. Thousands of these live in fences made of acacia trees and chain link fence have been put up with the ngo. The modern fence makes it more difficult for alliance and to the corals and this way it reduces the size loss of life stuck. In several years like 9 years thats the time ive had leaving fans have not been attacked once. Counts absolutely. In 2750 lions were killed here for attack in life stock this year then she reports only 2 had been killed thanks to the living room and the work done by the lion monitors. Its been beneficial for all sides of the line population can recover and so can the herds in messiah communities. Now ive had to the waters by the best time in west africa a sanctuary around the black border reviving northwest and is the only natural habitat for pygmy hippos in the country a couple of years ago there were only 2 conservation efforts by the local community have helped them bounce back activists believe they are almost 40 hippos living around today thats. Why those hoping to catch sight of the rare reclusive animals have a good chance here in northeastern gonna near the border with ivory coast and picking a faster youll often see the head spalding in the waters of the black belt a river. Pygmy hippos are viewed as totems by people in the area theyre especially important as cultural symbols for the wallet and lo be tripes. Up to why its a high school is one of the chief ranges of the west community hippo sanctuary he recalls how local village chiefs founded the Conservation Program 20 years ago. The right to turn the he poor and meant to keep the poor life and with turn it into a side so that children in the next generation will more power to he pool and the. Poor also use the. Opportunity for the while. The tourist season has started up again but the roads leading to the area are bad and the journey is difficult. Tall guy j. B. Anyhow leader says that prevents many tourists from making the trip thanks to the Conservation Initiative the number of pygmy hippos here is increased from to cheer almost 40 the project has also been boosted by the number of visitors who come. Interest in because. People all over the world and we receive visitors reindeer in. Power 900 every year so the numbers keep going to increase and because of that where we are i work for my community and we get benefits from the poor get and my Community People are poor. Visitors pay around 6 year itch for a tool thats a weeks wages for many people in ghana a large part of this income is divided among the villages in the protected area. As a result these women and girls know. And i have to walk all the way to the river to fetch water all the residential areas now have their own wells co financed by the century. The center also runs an alternative livelihood project in beekeeping the beehives attended by local people sales of the honey will provide additional income for 5 communities here. So what is going to happen as a big harvest and they have a deal they can sell and then use the proceeds to put more hives into the fence and also if they start to get profit out of that they use their money to send the children to school to buy clothes for the children one of the local people who has benefited from the hippo protection an initiative its a mile or a beauty. His teacher training was paid for by donations. For the 24 year old has been back here for several years and now teaches children in one of the villages in the protected area. I just grew level armor subject to chop i took a lot of english language teaching them because most of them are british fluent when it comes to spoken and there was a pretty much attention to whatever residence would be our order to be adopted what we call good or quality list or missed calls. Right now and july is a haiku its busy assigning his people to the new safari routes the century success over the past decades has motivated neighboring communities to several villages further up the river now want to join the initiative to benefit from protecting. Our nature of what takes us very different capital you know what the population of carries over 9000000 is being cleared greater carried out to be over 20000000 than makes it the 2nd most populous metropolitan area in africa after of course my leader and also you know near to the large cities come with a lot of problems like meeting the citys food needs there was plenty of farmland along the nile of course and egypt still imports i love to you know theres also a nice city that is wanting to use the citys rooftops as gardens lets per visit to one of these green or says. Oh. Every day mohammed tends to his garden for 3 years now the morrison has been planting different vegetables on the rooftop terrace of his mosque in the quarter of a teen. Its a patch of green in the concrete jungle of cairo. Mainly looking to create a clean atmosphere in the area and on the roof but not much more than that. The income generated from this goes into the Charity Trust here at the mosque. He often brings his grandchild along who really loves rock ale. Mohammed didnt have to pay for the equipment cairo based organization should do for installed it for free. Shareef hosni and his brother set up the n. G. O. S 8 years ago they decided to work with hydroponics because that requires little water and no soil and the space for the efficient system on practically any rooftop. I let a lot of us a man who did that for families with low income and this kind of project can raise income a little bit. Of them and 3rd be it was really one of 4 that doesnt have only environmental benefits but also social ones. In poorer districts like how one roof often cluttered with old trash should do things now setting up 500 gardens here instead the residents of this building set up their micro farm 3 months ago and now theyre ready to harvest for the 1st time that got me its beautiful i wish everyone would do this and those who have the space should get involved and do this to. Get up there unused here. Installing a rooftop garden cost the equivalent of 630. 00 euros but the families only have to pay around 20. 00 euros of that. 95 percent of the large scale project is being financed by a Swiss Foundation show defies any surplus produce and sells it in the egyptian capital with the help of other local n. G. O. S. What are some mustapha installed the 1st rooftop garden 8 years ago since then hes put up over 200 of them. Were enough of her mind on this rooftop were working with 2 families work. Because each one will receive 2 set ups thats 420. 00 plants in total. After. The stuff im sure do explain to the families how often the plants need watering and which strains grow best. Which probably we have around projects where we planted seeds with young girls between 9. 15. People of any age can learn how to use this hydroponic system. Its not complex or hard to maintain how we damage. The residence also learn how to get started by placing wicking strips in all the cups they feed water to the roots. Then the seeds are added. And theyve chosen malaki a plant widely cultivated in egypt and lettuce. In a few months when the plants have grown to maturity the families can harvest twice a month. You know i mean were also beautifying our roof with people looking out of the window or coming up here well see a lovely scene in the dedication of a few families will hopefully inspire others to follow the rooftop gardens are already helping cairo grow a little greener. Thats all from us today we heard a lot of fun. Watching it it is a good bye for me. Here in kampala. And from me in now in lagos see you next week but in the meantime head over to our social Media Outlets know what you think. And see you again very soon. The be. The be. The be. The beginning to. Come. Helping people help themselves to fight for a just society. 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