We have dined at a Detention Center in libya satellite images show the outline of the building just outside of tripoli now this was before the attack and this is after the attack the question why were the migrants targeted or were they used as human shields tonight the u. N. Is demanding answers saying this has all the hallmarks of a war crime im burnt off in berlin this is the day. The ones. That. We are deeply saddened extremely shocked. At the removal of the marine never issued an order targeting this shelter ok. So that can be no excuse for this and to having it hit how they see how they were responsible army that cares about the interest of
the country but this is a perfect example of why weve been calling for some months now but nobody to be returned. To those what will. Also coming up tonight its in the food we eat and the trash we throw away can we ever overcome our addiction to plastic i think way. And we are kidding ourselves by using. And on the state. And nation and head on
do rich countries sind their trash abroad in the 1st place i mean why is this a thing. yeah good question and while the global classic recycling economy is deeply broken and just exporting countries are basically exporting their classic problems elsewhere. in our countries like canada france nikkei are saying that they have high class recycling rates but a lot of their plastic collected. is being sent to countries in the global south and is down cycled or with severe environmental and human health impacts and the reason is because we simply have too much plastic to know what to do it and much of the plastic packaging on the market saying it s simply not economically or technologically feasible to us and all this is not just an waste management issue. yeah i just want to say is that what you re telling is that is that in the united
do you rich countries sind their trash abroad in the 1st place i mean why is this a thing. yeah good question while the global classic recycling economy is deeply broken and just exporting countries are basically exporting their classic problems elsewhere. in our countries like canada france nikkei are saying that they have high class recycling rates but a lot of their plastic collected. is being sent to countries in the global south and. down cycle or burnt with with severe environmental and human health impacts and the reason is because we simply have too much plastic to know what to do it and much of the plastic packaging on the market saying it s simply not economically or technologically feasible to us and so this is not just in waste management issue yeah. yeah i just want to say is that what you re telling is that is that in the
joins us from the beautiful place of berkeley california it s good to have you on the show i guess the question we want to ask you 1st and foremost why in the world do rich countries send their trash abroad in the 1st place i mean why is this a thing yeah good question well the global classic recycling economy is deeply broken and just exporting countries are basically exporting their problems elsewhere. in our countries like canada france nikkei are saying and they have high class recycling rates but a lot of their plastic collected. is being sent to countries like well south and you there i m down cycle of or a current with what city are environmental and human health and pox and the reason is because we simply have too much plastic to know what to do it and much of the plastic packaging on the market saying it s simply not economically or
that they have high class recycling rates but a lot of their plastic collected. is being sent to countries in the global south and there are downs like little or burnt with with so the our environmental and human health and past and the reason is because we simply have too much plastic to know what to do it and much of the plastic packaging on the market saying it s simply not economically or technologically feasible to us and all this is not just and we smash an issue. yeah i just want to say is that what you re telling is that is that in the united states in europe in canada we simply we have more plastic then we can dispose of correct yeah and a lot of the plastic that we should have brought is really low work and low value meanwhile with the fracking going the you asked for creating so much more and more