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More efficient models for environmental sustainability
According to the World Health Organization, the percentage of the world's population living in urban areas will continue to grow in the upcoming decades. Kartik Chandran from Columbia University in New York City joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss ways to help us leave a friendlier chemical footprint on this earth by changing the way we deal with food waste, sewage, and even human remains.
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