Almost 40% of all garbage still ends up on places where it should not, mostly landfills. They cause many diseases and are a massive driver of climate change, releasing methane. The solutions vary from high tech modern landfilling to simple waste segregation and composting. #planeta #landfills #composting #methane We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en Credits: Reporter: Albert Steinberger Video Editor: Markus Otto Mörtz Supervising Editors: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann Fact-Check: Alexander Paquet Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Read more: Global Waste management Outlook 2024: https://www.unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024 World Bank Publication: What a waste 2.0: https://datatopics.worldbank.org/what-a-waste/trends_in_solid_waste_management.html Global Methane pledge: https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/ Study: Quantifying methane emissions from United States: landfillshttps://carbonmapper.org/study-finds-landfill-point-source-emissions-have-an-outsized-impact-and-opportunity-to-tackle-u-s-waste-methane/ Environmental Protection Agency (US): Facts and figures: https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/national-overview-facts-and-figures-materials Chapters: 00:00 Garbage Fires 00:50 A Global Problem About to Get Worse 03:27 Design and Engineering Solutions 06:19 Reducing Organic Waste in Dumps 09:36 Dumpsite Restorations 11:10 Conclusion: The Bigger Picture