Year: 2024

RAF using sustainable aviation fuel

Stuart Mitchell

The Royal Air Force is ensuring Britain is secure in a more sustainable manner using a blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with normal jet fuel on routine operations for the first time. Aircraft including Typhoon and Poseidon submarine hunters, operating from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland, have been using a blend of conventional and SAF in a first for the air force as they take to the skies to defend the UK and allies. During November 2023 to February 2024 four million litres of blended sustainable aviation fuel were delivered…

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Climeworks receives first ever AAA rating from BeZero Carbon

Stuart Mitchell

Climeworks has long been committed to high quality, durable and measurable carbon removal. As they wrote last year in “Why Third Party Verification Matters,” while it is critical to increase the supply of carbon removal on the market as fast as possible, reaching the gigaton target should not come at the expense of high-quality criteria. That’s why the company are particularly thrilled to share their Orca plant has achieved a groundbreaking BeZero Carbon Rating of AAA. Not only is this the highest rating in the industry, it is also the…

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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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