Factories are still poisoning the contents rivers how can that be and how the best toxic substances end up in a food. Place. Good. For. A new branch of clothing chain primal companies in the german city of bonn hunters are also informs. And certain other climate protesters theres a better life without crime not that chant. Place. But theres no spoiling the coffee atmosphere inside im shopping at prime aka has its advantages. Shown us when its on be to. Bill in terms of value for money you get really nice things super cheap goods to think can i got to become what the clear is a perfect looking like a doesnt matter if the children get into a mess. So lets take a time out principle to the extreme we offer these close to the public for free but there is a price which gets paid here in our choir and which and our experiment stands for the rivers in asia and this bottle of liquid represents the dollars that run into the hoosier on trainers. Thats cool is what i have to do it every month. All this poison into the fish tank christian. Right and oh theyre living creatures i cant do that because i know the symbol suggested something poisonous i dont want to pour that in with the fish fish and more time and effort into getting a cat for daddy and lets find out what it catches its right here. Ok then ok maybe not. But wont do it why not because theyre animals theyre living creatures seriously this is what ive been asked maybe the same thing happens when clothes are manufactured but you dont see it its not like youre doing it yourself. All just panic mongering. The high Street Stores would no doubt see it that way times have changed they say the production of their clothing is now sustainable. If you translate. And say its water. We want to know the truth. We begin with the seed of family in the town of met man in western germany the fairly typical shoppers bend in vincent or just force labels. Mom and dad just want to be well dressed for their daughters a fear fashion is very important. We want to look at the process. Di cloves. Did you know it takes an average of 6 liters of water and died to color just one long sleeve top die that was packed full of chemicals. So this gets a bad plants and animals could die plants in the 50 feet up its really a lot when you think of the masses of clothes that are made and how much water that consumes and the waste water that results in it. But theres no waste water to come the tough still needs to be read and thats just one item what if they add up all their clothes. Each one weighs the contents of their closet because in practice the calculations are done. Every kilo requires 20 liters of water. And so far ive got 30 kilos of clothing. And that is not where many of these things too small for me but i think one day maybe ill fit into them again. Because things add up over the years its mom who has the most clothes the family wardrobe weighs in at nearly 200 kilos well rounded up and some clothes are in storage and others are in the wash severe calculates a total of 520. 00 tubs of water and die and thats just one family. What happens to that waste when. We pay a visit to bangladesh the worlds 2nd biggest textile producer after china bangladesh is said to have significantly modernized its production methods but only after disaster struck in april 2013 the monoplanes a factory collapsed killing over 1100 people allegations surfaced that many factories cut corners on safety to satisfy international demands for cheap curbs western companies who have the goods made here felt compelled to take action. Many join the act initiative only to work with factories that meet standards on wages safety and the environment. The Bangladesh Garment Association lists factories that meet the required standards. We visited one of them never capital dhaka. The mattel a factory produces closer brands such as c. N. A. H. And m. And sour and all according to strict Environmental Standards become an e tells us they made a major investment. From all sides we need to. Give for the next generation. For the future. Ranjan comedy shows us his modern Water Purification system. Instead of pumping the waste water from the dying process into the river its 1st purifying but has it paid off for the factory. This is very unfortunate yes we are not getting any single penny this is this should be different actually from the buyers point of view. Because this is the green factory. We. Invested a lot of. What in the companys customers have to say about it see in a confirms what weve been told that material all investments must be calculated by the factories and reflected in the prices charged for the products. H. And m. Refused to tell us what percentage of the cost it passed to ensure production standards here are environmentally friendly zara didnt apply at all. The western brands make demands but its the factories in bangladesh that bear the cost. And is the system even working we decided to take a closer look at the rivers in dhaka we. Buy the dallas warry river we need chairman and test team some of the last fisherman here. They tell us that the fish have long since disappeared from other brothers and that even here theres very little left since the textile factories arrived they say more than 4000 fisherman have been put out of work. It turned out years ago the water was good for the thousands of fish since the factories arrived its got bad. You. Know fish no money and not enough to eat. Many people here have factually nothing. And its not only the fishing industry thats taking a hit were on our way to see an environmental activist who explains mall. To mars and tells us that the repercussions of the pollution are huge however peoples life depends on what a start were going to help with the harvest for the what little build up of the lens of the soil the orbital the picture the the whole country all the rebuts all the details have been polluting materials there and in making girl story help tell theyre still looking for. The fisherman want to show us the cool. The problem waste water pipes from the textile factories we see them everywhere emptying straight into the river. The water looks dirty and gives off a strong chemical odor. We take samples at random locations both on the dallas wiring and another river we want to get the water tested for heavy metals and have the oxygen content checked. But were not optimistic these bubbles coming to the surface are found smelling gases. 2 weeks later back in germany we have an appointment with the World Wide Fund for nature the test results confirm my suspicions the textile industry in bangladesh is poisoning the reverse. The idea for this complex thought the wonder of it is completely dead and the other almost dead in the case of the one celled will the values are 100 times higher than what a river here in europe would have. To be at your patient in you know that lasik you means that theres no oxygen left in it at all. So no question life can survive in the water and of course people shouldnt drink the water either and it needs thinking despite improvements in bangladesh the underlying problems have clearly not gone away in other parts of asia the textile industry also pumps as waste water into the rivers every day one day the rivers might be red another blue or purple. In many areas the ground water is not suitable for drinking purposes. Any as it gets used for cattle farming. And for growing fruit vegetables and other crops. Some of which can end up in europe in supermarkets. Inspectors from the european rapid let system for food and found produce from asia containing toxins. It also found in the textile industry such as cadmium chromium and led. It up and i didnt know that theres theres also a terrible just wrong term of my outfit and i guess if were lucky we get produce grown in germany just like you not have heard of it but you know its difficult with ginger beer but you get that you know its mainly grows in asia but experts are warning of a bigger problem the lack of clean water could destroy entire societies and make parts of the wild uninhabitable smoke to go must be was forced over was and mass migration with people fleeing Water Pollution and water shortages this is many dont realise this is a major problem coming our way so like. The needed fabric start is an International Trade fair for the textile industry it attracts bias from all brands launching small much of what is on display here will be later sold by spring as all of a diesel and by discount us like little here to encounter a lot of green slogans we need to put it but you have to supply you have to make profits look all this is a no children for the next generation here are those to go no water to drink. All these hoping. To be close and thats what we do. But does this match reality not at all says your controller he spent years working in fashion management now hes a University Professor he says its still money that drives the industry and now it has a green machine. Or the name hammock on stuff companies have realized that this is a market with a future in their Green Products or ones that appear to be green can increase sales will go forward now how disgusting ability has become a Business Model and it has very little to do with the idea of consuming less and being more responsible with our resources the game had finished. To to. An unsettling forward because the use of dyes is key for the world of fashion the textile industry produces 20 percent of the world what is torture that makes it the 2nd biggest consumer and publisher of water. But why is so little changing and bangladesh for example after all numerous factories say theyre cleaned up their act we talked to one economist who studied the countrys textile industry. These types of factories are very limited in number at their so far and majority of the factories are still using Raw Materials from textiles which are not comply with the Environmental Standards. Even companies that install Water Treatment systems dont always use them as theyre expensive to run one of the fear of these factories is that if one factory follow and other fetid doesnt follow those which it doesnt follow will be profitable because profitable then those which follow so that easy dilemma among the factories that the others would get benefit because of devins of the law. So when western Clothing Brands talk about Environmental Standards and Water Treatment it doesnt necessarily mean much wicking to visit a factory that isnt using a Water Treatment system but doesnt take long to track one down we book an appointment. Curious to know what Clothing Brand is the fact it works where if. This is the owner of the business we tell them where design is from germany he shows us his factory and his Water Treatment system which is switched off. And yet there are plenty of fabrics being died in rent the directive doesnt see it as a problem he wants to discuss details about business deal a deal that isnt as. Allowed. Manufacturers that want to export to the west are supposed to be listed with the Bangladesh Exporters Association which in turn ensures labor and Environmental Standards are upheld. But the factory owner knows a workaround we simply have to sign a contract with a Different Company which unlike his is a member of the association it will then pass the order on to him we do that all the time he says. Later we learned that the authorities have officially shut down the style house for violating Environmental Standards clearly to no effect since the factory continues to pollute. That in germany we still have no proof that their fishley shuttered factory could actually pull off the proposed workaround. But then we get a message from the diehards it looks like burma business includes the name of the other factory that were to sign a contract with. Each other and. That was called sham october garments limiters. Thats the good company the one that allegedly has a certificate a year please. Add sure enough the company is listed with a textile association and fulfills all the requirements for later standards and environmental regulations on its web site we find a list of the International Customers that it works with. These include taco and and things family. The factory looks exemplary so well go for our dirty deal we asked for a quotation of 5000 pairs of pants and mention the dials we visited in bangladesh. Mock to reply saying they worked with all the any little tin and yes the dealers no problem shaktar mood so the pants but the factory we visited will die. The fabric without a functioning motor treatment system and officially shut down by the authorities. At this point we break off the deal the problem has become clear. West including brands may say that they only work with Certified Companies but those Companies May in turn pass on some of the work to other firms that do not observe Environmental Standards we can from the brands that what. All the illegal tell us theyre not currently working but the company. Abstains family rights we have a sworn statement both from an importer and from a supplier that an stings family garments are only died and processed in certified dye houses. Tucker confirms that supplier does indeed cooperate with illegal di houses but allegedly not when it comes to garments for tucker our supplies are checked every 3 months and their suppliers at least once a year. The Companies Deny all involvement in unsound Business Practices but as alex paramount showed the system can easily be exploiters in the light of struggling fisherman the pollution rivers and the assessment we received from experts its clear that happens a lot. It doesnt help that the big western brands pressure the factories to keep their prices low. On the name countries not every company can resist the pressure observer shadow your Accounting Practices lying and deceit become widespread. Just all the producers can keep going and still retain their certification. By the english that says im. Back to the cedar family. So they know now that dying clothes involves toxic chemicals but is it really necessary to die so much stuff it depends on how much trading in it we see. The symbolic clause it made up of 10 boxers the trunks represent 10 percent of the wardrobe so what percentage of they would do most germans where i regularly. What are the just think. The family soon comes to a decision people dont actually need that much they reckon 3 boxes thats about 30 percent in reality its just 20 percent that means that 80 percent of clothes in the closet and not there was this big we all tend to wear things we like if i buy something what are the chances all wear it given how much i already have and look at what them from. Now else busy just to clear out their closets with again and sophias room. Well look if you go out of here you have a lot of clothes. Let a lot of it i dont wear anymore i think you know i think you need to wear out a few things 1st youre constantly buying new clothes you can possibly wear all the things you have here. Thats why ive sorted them out. We tell each one to checks with a closet asking do i wear that piece of clothing often or not so much. That only one. Not all but its what i wear off and. Im not about these things. Knowing that but this is what i wear mostly right and so on. Many times the few things that he wears all the time after 3 or 4 days i said ok that pillow has dirty and needs washing he doesnt carry his clothes much so he doesnt need much. So we ask everyone to pick up the things that they dont really need. And he takes a fierce box with us for our fashion professor to have a look at. What does he think. Of the good going to shoppers are clearly like shopping. These are meant to be read to. You. But in your brain is infinite and these are the young people of course tend to go for extremely cheap clothes. From the German Market is very much divided on cost but we mustnt forget that on average every german spends 900. 00 euros a year on clothes that spread of course across the different regions and levels of income that we have. To in europe for much of the british consume more than we do. So were not exactly role models when you look at the global comparison or even when you compare us to other Big Industrial nations. Were actually the victims of our own prosperity. That we have Nothing Better to do than go shopping. So if were the victims who are the perpetrators could they be here in the shopping malls clothing tains with that constant cycle of new styles and cut price bargains. Clothing Industry Sales have doubled since the year 2000 and. One of the reasons. The entire process from initial design to sewing dying and rinsing in asia to a sale here in germany can now take as little as 12. 00 to 14. 00 days that allows fashion giants like zara to bring out a whopping 24. 00 new collections a year the latest trends every 2 weeks. This also increases the pressure on manufacturers and asia were on the way to another factory in bangladesh with a long standing tradition the owner has been in the textile business for 50 years weaving dyeing selling and knitting mama taught him says there are now knots of regulations and he fulfills them all but he also says its getting increasingly difficult because his western bias drive a hard bargain. When doing these all of safety we need extra money everybody every day. But from the bible site everybody sees all this. Is there. Price and lost 5. 00 to 6. 00 yes they because their price list. Shows us orders from one customer its a Major Company that operates in germany. But to avoid repercussions weve agreed not to share the name. He gets 27 percent less money now than he did 3 years ago for the same order they were in interment they give you one. Should meet their target price others will not get the order so sometimes. We. Will definitely weaken the met their target price but some sometimes we are giving laws we take theirs. In those cases he makes a loss but can at least pay his workers the workers for the western companies are allegedly so concerned about. So we ask the companies what they pay in london dash. H. And m. Says the h. And m. Group pays no less than it did in previous years. Right we cannot affirm that our purchasing prices have gone down generally. C. N. A. Says the prices paid for sina garments produced in bangladesh have dropped slightly. But the company argues that it now orders more than previously and has invested in training in bangladesh we got no reply to it from all the little primer sarra ok perhaps for good reason we consult european statistics and figures put out by the bandra dish text an association both confirm a clear downward trend in wholesale prices for every 100. 00 kilos of Clothing Companies now pay 57. 00 less than in 2014 thats according to us that prices are being pushed down in bangladesh and as a result closed now cost less here in germany than they did 10 years ago. So how much can we buy for 50 euros well take the things back afterwards we go shopping for big clothing chains each time out 50 euros takes us on long way. Primal comes in top. 3 square says 1. 00 and 3. 00 pairs of pants. The others to bring in between 4 and 7 garments for 50 euros. No wonder our closets full. Final question to visitors. Are what percentage of new clothes do they think ends up in the garbage within one year. Penny invents and think its about 4 or 5 boxes worth 40 or 50 percent. The parents guessed that in germany about 30 percent of new clothing is discarded within a year. In reality its actually 60 percent. It would if i would only look at asian emily elsewhere and see how many clothes they have you want to whos going to wear last month if you have to ask why the textile industry doesnt just produce less. And why they cant estimate more accurately how much will actually be sold the most of. The 60 percent includes overproduction and faulty goods that never go on sale. Textile the sucking fans are drowning in clogs this one alone receives 70 tons of stuff every day from across germany much of it is any suitable for cleaning ranks or ends up in the incinerator as the quality is too poor to bookies if that does begin im going to its obvious that people just arent thinking anymore about where their clothes come from how was it being produced are the working conditions fair and sustainable us. Experts say that even if new production ceased in tiny we would still have enough to clothe the entire global population for 10. 00 to 15. 00. Tuscan secure has worked here for many treaty yes and theres where the grounds whats worth recycling. More than a very highly fashionable items this jacket is new. In the times childrens clothes the cheapo brit brand resign or clothes like these hugo boss parents against her support lady was from another well known brand. New mom you find yourself thinking. Well to some great that we benefit from the stuff like that but if people are buying things and then throwing them away without ever having worn out. Every theyre just too well off each. Other but almost no. We can track. It doesnt mean we have to stop loving fashion or nice clothes it just means that when we treat ourselves to something new we need to appreciate that this mission is to value what we have to buy less and as a result to waste less. To safeguard the future of our planet. And the People Living in countries like bangladesh. But i dont need to keep up that way about other people old food all over france and on the force im from the whole world almost messina that nickname. Is the bottom of the ballet that the last dragons this word has called the heart through years. Of books on. Crime fighters are back africas most successful in radio drama series continues in this season the stories focus on hate speech prevention and sustainable chocolate production. 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