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The BWCA effffect ripples the water for Just a Drop The BritishWater Cooler Association (BWCA
£70,000 for Just a Drop during just over three years of support for CA) has raised nearly
The BWCA effffect, however, goes much wider than simply fund- the charity.
Sustainability Pledge, numerous companies have chosen to support programme which forms one of the platforms of the BWCA's 5 for 5 raising efffforts via the Association. As a result of the charitable
the charity in their own right. This has raised an additional £17,642 bringing the total raised by the sector (including direct company
access to clean, safe water have benefited from boreholes funded Over 1,000 people living in difffficult conditions in Africa with no donations) to £69,116.
directly by the BritishWater Cooler Association (BWCA). Brendan Hanlon, director of fundraising and communications for the charity Just a Drop told delegates at the recent industry conference what an enormous difffference the support has made to people in parts of Zambia.
Phillipa Atkinson-Clow, general manager of BWCA, said: "The ripple effffect our Association's support has created has encouraged and inspired many companies to join with us in fund-raising for this good cause. This, together with our direct support, is making a huge impact."
In the past year, additional monies have been raised from BWCA Members AA First (Colefax Charitable Trust); 4 Aces; Angel Springs; Ebac; Eden Springs UK; Fillongley Spring; Seaton Springs; Waterlogic UK
In addition Dolphin – aWE Member which became involved aftfter exhibiting at a previous BWCA trade show – also supports the cause. New partnerships with BWCAmembers have been forged in the past year with Abbeychart and BWT.
Phillipa added: "I am so proud of and grateful to our members for their fundraising efffforts on exhibition stands, through trade show activities and via the charity auction at our annual gala dinner. Their generosity is overwhelming. This year, on March 28 alone, we raised £10,600. I am also very pleased that this work has inspired so many to get on board with Just a Drop and we hope others will be encouraged to do so.We also have more fundraising planned
Brendan Hanlon of Just a Drop addreresses the BWCA including
£3,000."
Brendan showed film footage at the conference describing the life-changing effffects of villagers having clean water. He described how one girl can now attend school regularly as she no longer has to trek for hours each day to collect dirty water from the only source that was until now available. He showed a moving film with villages dancing and singing to celebrate their waste pump and translated from Bemba (the local language) one woman as saying: "The water is sweet to us!" He also said that one village had been able to form a community farm, because irrigation is now possible,making the village more self-sufffficient.
In the past year, two more BWCA-funded projects were
completed in Kutemwa and Chibukisho villages, Zambia. By the end of 2019, there will be five BWCA-funded boreholes in total. Phillipa added: "It is good to be able to say that our 5 for 5 Pledge has helped transform the lives in five villages."
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Huhtamaki opens a paper strawmanufacturing facility in Nort
rthern Ireland
Huhtamaki has opened a new, state-of-the-art foodservice packaging manufacturing facility in Northern Ireland. The facility is located in the town of Antrim, near Belfast, and it is expected to employ approximately 100 people over the next few facility Huhtamaki now has three manufacturing sites in Nort
rthern Ireland employing around 560 people. The Antrim facility operates initially as a dedicated paper straw manufacturing site. Going forward, Huhtamak
i plans to expand the years.With the new
range of products manufactured at the site to other paper-based product categories. The first wave of manufacturing equipment is taken into use during 2019 and further investments in additional manufacturing equipment are planned for 2020-2022. "At Huhtamaki we are continuously looking for ways to improve the environmental performance of our products and to introduce new,more sustainable packaging innovations," said Ciaran Doherty, general manager for Huhtamaki Foodservice in Northern Ireland. "The launch of our paper straws is a good example of this.We are extremely proud to support our customers in their strategy to have a more sustainable and environmentally responsible supply chain by opening this new site."
Huhtamaki paper straws are made with new, purpose-built machinery to deliver a premium product. A full 100 per cent of the paper used for the straws and wrapping come from sustainably managed forests. Huhtamaki plans to expand paper straw manufacturing to further manufacturing units in Europe during 2019 .
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