Month: January 2022

DEC launches Afghanistan Crisis Appeal with a million children at risk of dying this winter

Stuart Mitchell

Leading UK aid agencies launched a joint fundraising appeal on Wednesday 15 December as a catastrophic rise in severe hunger sweeps Afghanistan, with eight million people at risk of starvation over the harsh winter months. Children are already dying, and a million more are at risk.  The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Afghanistan Crisis Appeal will raise funds for member charities to urgently respond as conflict and economic collapse, coupled with the worst drought in 27 years and the Covid-19 pandemic, have brought Afghanistan to a tipping point.    DEC charities, including the International Rescue Committee UK, British Red Cross, Save the Children and CAFOD, say that…

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World-leading research will pave the way for mainstream re-use and refill shopping in UK supermarkets

Stuart Mitchell

Global NGO WRAP is working with UK Plastics Pact members, Asda and Unilever, in a world-first research project to understand how to change the ingrained shopping habits which might be preventing customers from using refill stations and reusable packaging as part of their regular weekly shop. The in-depth research, which is being co-funded by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency will involve closely following shoppers as they plan at home, engage in-store, and how they decant and store products once back at home.  The aim is to gain a deeper…

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The Caring Family Foundation launches Food From the Heart campaign to support children living in poverty

Stuart Mitchell

The Caring Family Foundation has partnered with FareShare and The Felix Project for their winter campaign ‘Food from the Heart’, with the aim to make a difference to the lives of children in the UK living in poverty. “The last year has seen the nation turn its attention to the reality of food poverty in the UK, however the situation is still extremely challenging for millions of families. We hope the Food From The Heart campaign can alleviate some of the pressure facing these families over Christmas and throughout next…

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Tesco and DRS partner on a new refrigerated rail freight service that will take 40 lorries off the road for every journey it makes

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco and Direct Rail Services (DRS) have partnered to introduce a cool new service to Britain’s railways. The new service will be the first time Tesco has used refrigerated rail freight in the UK, distributing chilled goods from Tilbury to Coatbridge by low CO2 rail twice a day, seven days a week. This means that rail freight will play an even bigger role in helping Tesco to deliver Christmas this year and over the next couple of weeks this new service will transport hundreds of different products, including festive favourites…

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Tub2pub Charity Campaign Returns That Will Transform Plastic Waste Into Cash

Stuart Mitchell

Greene King, the UK’s largest pub company and brewer, is once again calling on its customers to bring their empty plastic confectionery tubs to its pubs in an effort to reduce waste and raise money for Macmillan. Tens of millions of tubs containing chocolates, sweets and biscuits are sold in the UK each year, with the majority sold during the Christmas period. These tubs are typically made from polypropylene; a hard plastic that is not always accepted by local authorities for recycling, resulting in it, instead, being incinerated or landfilled.…

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