Of pollution. The band presents a problem for china, though, because it still needs the cardboard, the paper, the high end clean polystyrene like this which is easy to ship here, easy to turn into something to sell, and sometimes sending it back to the country it came from. Somewhere in there are polystyrene fish boxes. From grimsby. This business on the outskirts of shanghai ships them, chips them, he eats them, and turns them into this. Billions of tiny plastic pellets. Because it was cycles them into skirting boards and picture frames. Because it recycles. Some of it heading your way. Chinas ban means the boss will 110w way. Chinas ban means the boss will now have a problem with his supply. Just keeping the factory running, we need about 50,000 tonnes of recycled plastics. Chinas recycling will not be enough. The tough restrictions will hurt some businesses here, but the governments view here is, tough, delivering a cleaner china is paramount for the communist party politicians. A g
Because it recycles them into skirting boards and picture frames. Some of them heading your way. Chinas ban means the boss will now have a problem with his supply. Just keeping the factory running, we need about 50,000 tonnes of recycled plastics. Chinas recycling will not be enough. The tough new restrictions on foreign waste will hurt some businesses here, but the governments view here is, tough, delivering a cleaner china is paramount for the communist party politicians. A green revolution, you might call it. Robin brant, bbc news, shanghai. Susan powell has the weather. Some pretty stormy conditions to come in the first week of 2018, some strong winds to content with and also some spells of heavy rain, although after what we have had of late it could mean localised flooding. This evening it is getting quieter, many showers will die out and the winds are set to fall light in the early hours. If you are heading to work tomorrow have the de icer and scraper ready because there is a ch
Year, and whose lives are celebrated in review 2017 we remember thats in half an hour. Police in iran say one of their officers has been shot dead as Anti Government protests continue across the country. This is believed to be the first death of a Security Force member since the unrest began on thursday. Another ten people were killed overnight in the country wide unrest which began as a protest against the falling standard of living. As Rana Rahimpour reports. The fifth day of protests in iran. Once again, thousands of people have taken to the streets. They are angry at unemployment, rising prices, and what many think is widespread corruption. Its the boldest challenge to the countrys leadership in nearly a decade. The demonstrations began in the North Western city of mashhad, a key base for president rouhanis most outspoken critics. And has quickly turned into a widespread antiestablishment movement. This is the biggest show of dissent in iran since the post election rallies of 2009.
First, one of the highlights of the year from our Award Winning documentary series, our world. Angus crawford follows the path of madagascars poor who flock to the countrys remote forests to illegally mine for sapphires and reports on how the wealth they seek comes at a price. A handful of raw sapphires. Beautiful and valuable. But they also pose a threat to this, the indri lemur, one of the rarest animals on earth. Poor people in their thousands have invaded the animals home, seeking their fortune in the remote forests of madagascar. Are you rich . No, not yet. Not yet . Laughs. Not yet rich they mine the land, but for little reward. Very hard, the life here. In the rush for sapphires, theres a price to be paid. In ocotober 2016 in eastern madagascar, there was a chance discovery of sapphires, sparking a gem rush. Tens of thousands of people flocked to the area. And we are now following the route they carved out. When the road ends, we walk. About one hour in, six to go, and im carryi
And thats what weve been seeing across the d. C. Region. Weve been reporting on water main breaks across the reej yop. Wfsc respomd todd over 60 the last self days and its affecting schools in our area over in montgomery out county as well as fairfax county. And what happened was, over the twoweek winter break, these buses like the the ones behind me here, they have been sitting outside in the frigid temperatures for you know the last two weeks or so. And when students return to school yesterday some of these buses wouldnt even start. Some stalled and were told out of 8700 biss routes in county, 200 bus routes were affected and it left hundreds of students waiting outside in the cold for up to an hour. Remember it was in the low teens just like today. This morning except winds this morning and yesterday as well. Today theyll have extra hands on deck ready to help out. They say parents and s can check on bus routes delays. Its and checked it this morning up to date and no delays. Its da