
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


How can manufacturers of the world supply the growing demand for consumer products without breaking the planet’s bank of natural resources? By the middle of the century, there will be 2 billion more people in the world. Based on current trends, there’ll be many more consumers with the money to buy cars, washing machines, mobile phones, fashion – the shopping list goes on…. Discovery looks at new ideas and technologies to enable companies to make more stuff at an affordable environmental cost.
(Photo: Toyota Production Line. Credit: Getty Images)
By BBC World Service4.4
939939 ratings
How can manufacturers of the world supply the growing demand for consumer products without breaking the planet’s bank of natural resources? By the middle of the century, there will be 2 billion more people in the world. Based on current trends, there’ll be many more consumers with the money to buy cars, washing machines, mobile phones, fashion – the shopping list goes on…. Discovery looks at new ideas and technologies to enable companies to make more stuff at an affordable environmental cost.
(Photo: Toyota Production Line. Credit: Getty Images)

7,772 Listeners

891 Listeners

1,068 Listeners

5,465 Listeners

1,826 Listeners

1,811 Listeners

1,049 Listeners

2,073 Listeners

608 Listeners

766 Listeners

89 Listeners

401 Listeners

427 Listeners

827 Listeners

738 Listeners

228 Listeners

333 Listeners

362 Listeners

480 Listeners

243 Listeners

3,229 Listeners

751 Listeners

115 Listeners

1,044 Listeners