Month: September 2024

U.S. Plastics Pact Releases Essential Guides to Advance Circular Economy for Plastics

Stuart Mitchell

The U.S. Plastics Pact (U.S. Pact) has released their Design for Circularity Playbooks, three essential reports designed to guide the lifecycle of plastics in the United States. The newly unveiled Design for Recyclability Playbook, Design for Reuse Playbook, and Design for Compostability Playbook provide detailed guidelines to ensure that plastic packaging is continuously reused, recycled, or composted, thereby reducing plastic waste and its environmental impact. A Unified Vision for a Circular Economy The U.S. Plastics Pact is a solutions-focused consortium of businesses, government agencies, NGOs, and research institutions at the…

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Jack Wilshere joins forces with McDonald’s and Ronald McDonald House Charities to celebrate the charity’s 35th Anniversary

Stuart Mitchell

Ex Arsenal and England Midfielder Jack Wilshere met with families staying at Ronald McDonald House Evelina to help celebrate the charity’s 35th anniversary with parents and children staying at the free ‘home away from home’ accommodation. Cameras captured the heart-warming moment Jack Wilshere met with families who are currently staying at the Evelina House whilst their children are undergoing treatment. Having been through a similar experience with his daughter Siena, who required open heart surgery at just five years old for a congenital heart defect, Jack was moved and felt…

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86% of Parents Say Cost is the Biggest Barrier to Their Children Getting Online, according to Digital Poverty Alliance

Stuart Mitchell

86 per cent of parents say cost is the reason why their child did not have a laptop, according to a survey by the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA), worsening the digital divide in deprived areas. Unsurprisingly, 88 per cent of parents felt their child was significantly disadvantaged without a laptop. A lack of devices and connectivity presents a significant barrier to educational achievement, with nearly 80 per cent of children in families surveyed having online homework at least once a week, with older children being assigned online tasks even more…

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Amy Dowden MBE Collaborates With Asda Tickled Pink To Design T-Shirt For Breast Cancer Awareness Month This October

Stuart Mitchell

Asda launches its Tickled Pink campaign with an exclusive t-shirt designed by Strictly star and breast cancer campaigner, Amy Dowden. This year’s campaign, running throughout Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), will see over 200 George and Asda products raise vital funds for charity partners Breast Cancer Now and CoppaFeel!. This year, the retailer’s iconic t-shirt which over the years has been modelled by famous faces from Kate Moss to Jennifer Aniston, has been designed by Amy who was keen to be involved following her breast cancer diagnosis last year. In…

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IWA Climate Smart Utilities Recognition Results 2024

Stuart Mitchell

The International Water Association and Xylem are pleased to share the results of the third edition of the IWA Climate Smart Utilities Recognition Programme. The 2024 Recognition Programme raises awareness of the steps being taken by water and sanitation utilities operating in challenging conditions to respond to climate change. This initiative recognises ambitious and innovative utilities under two different categories (Achiever and Entrant) that are leading the way towards a low carbon water and sanitation sector, embracing the shift needed to adapt to and mitigate climate change. The 2024 edition…

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