How do we solve the waste problem? 🗑️ | "Good question" on recycling, microplastics & waste exports

What happens to our waste once we've thrown it away? Does it end up in recycling plants, as waste exports abroad or in the form of microplastics in the oceans? This “Gute Frage” is all about waste. How can we reduce it? What are the challenges when it comes to recycling? And why does washing laundry produce microplastics?
To find out why we should see waste as a resource and why packaging may soon be made from algae, watch this video with our new presenter Lena.
Experts:
Prof. Christina Dornack 👉 tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/hydro...
Institute of Waste Management and Circular Economy 👉 tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/hydro...
Prof. Edeltraud Günther 👉 tu-dresden.de/bu/wirtschaft/b...
UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) 👉 flores.unu.edu/
Prof. Stefan Stolte 👉 tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/hydro...
Institute of Water Chemistry 👉 tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/hydro...
Dr. Christiane Otto 👉 tud.link/0ydx
Institute of Natural Materials Technology 👉 tu-dresden.de/ing/mw/int
Show notes:
Microplastics in Antarctica 👉 www.geo.de/natur/erstmals-mik...
Waste per capita statistics 👉 www.destatis.de/Europa/DE/The...
MDR interview with Prof. Stolte 👉 www.mdr.de/wissen/mikroplasti...
TextileMission research project 👉 • TextileMission - Initi...
Packaging Act 👉 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ver...
Waste export ban 👉 www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/mue...
Repair Café 👉 tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/nach...
Content:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Recycling: What are the challenges?
05:52 Waste exports: Are they an opportunity or a problem?
11:23 Microplastics: How do they affect the environment & health?
15:34 Packaging: How can we make it more sustainable?
20:34 Conclusion & outro
Moderator: Lena Schuricht
Editing: Lena Schuricht, Anne-Ailine Krause, Karl Jeremias Donath
Production: Gerald Goepfert, Philipp Schulze, Karl J. Donath

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Beim Intro hat sich der Cutter selbst übertroffen. Großartig! 👏

[@tinab4594]

Sehr professionell und informativ gemacht! Auf den Punkt gebracht, besser als jegliche Talkshows a la Lanz, wo alle durcheinander labern 👍🏼 LG Gerald Bauer

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Super 💪🏼

[@NepheliadStudio]

Das Intro ist der Hammer! Und das Video ist insgesamt mega spannend und informativ. Ich trenne meinen Müll jetzt auch effizienter! 💪