Community group boosts textiles this Christmas
A Wirral-based community group is using the festive period to give its textiles campaign a boost, with help from the Merseyside Waste Authority and Veolia.
Make It Happen, Birkenhead, is a community group which runs textile workshops to give local people an opportunity to meet up and swap recycling and reuse ideas.
The project has received nearly £8000 from the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority and Veolia Community Fund 2021/22 to help deliver waste reduction, reuse and recycling education in the local community.
The group said that an estimated 20,000 tonnes of textiles are discarded from households each year in the Liverpool City Region.
Amy Butterworth, CEO at Make It Happen, said: “Our Textiles as Treasure project is aiming to reduce textiles and clothes waste in the local community. Recently we kicked off a run of workshops with card and gift tag making in our brand new space ‘Place of Contribution’ on Argyle street, Birkenhead. We’ve had lots of people drop into the workshops to get crafty and enjoy a hot drink and conversations with others in the community.”
Suez donates £700,000 to Mayor’s charity
SUEZ, which manages waste sites on behalf of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), will be donating £700,000 to the Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity over seven years.
This foundation funding, with the first £100,000 supporting the Charity’s COVID-19 appeal last year, will raise funds to support frontline staff.
Additional funding of £220,000 each year will also be given to the Recycle for Greater Manchester Community Fund which funds community projects aimed at reducing waste and increasing recycling and reuse.
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said: “It’s fantastic that SUEZ is supporting the Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity and its vital work to prevent people having to sleep on our streets.
“This commitment to social value is a core part of Greater Manchester’s partnership with SUEZ, and the donations made over these seven years will help the Mayor’s Charity and frontline organisations make a real difference to people’s lives”.
DHL install reverse vending machines in Malaysia
DHL Express will place a total of 30 Reverse Vending Machines at selected locations in Malaysia in the first quarter of 2022.
The initiative will aim to encourage eco-conscious habits among Malaysians by making it more “convenient, accessible, and rewarding” to recycle PET bottles and aluminium cans.
Containers fed into the machines will be identified by camera and sorted into the corresponding chutes for recycling collection.
Ken Lee, CEO of DHL Express Asia Pacific said: “Sustainability has always been at the heart of our business, which is guided by our ambitious ESG targets and proactive approaches “Through this programme, we can simplify recycling for our customers, help them achieve their green aspirations, and contribute to our decarbonisation journey. We believe in the importance of a circular economy in conserving resources and ensuring a positive future for our planet.”
WasteAid and Dow launch Egypt partnership
Waste management charity WasteAid has entered into an 18-month funded partnership with materials science company Dow to “advance plastic waste recovery and recycling in Egypt”.
The project will see the organisations work with the public, private and community-level actors in Aswan, Egypt, to support “scalable and sustainable solutions” for the collection of post-consumer polyethylene (PE).
WasteAid will explore hotspots of plastic pollution, and then support local organisations and innovators to increase PE recovery and recycling. The project will leverage the expertise of both Dow and WasteAid to develop strong links with existing markets for post-consumer plastics.
Ceris Turner-Bailes, WasteAid CEO said: “A circular economy depends upon all parts of the value chain working in unison, from manufacturers and brands, to waste collectors and recyclers.
“We are delighted to be launching this partnership with Dow to uncover local solutions in Aswan to the recovery and recycling of plastic, with a particular focus on supporting informal waste collectors and recycling innovators who play a critical role in keeping materials in the loop.”
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