NEWS | Industry Updates A project for less plastic waste and more education


the children. In addition to this, the proceeds from collecting waste improve the living conditions of poor families. "We at DS Smith have been actively dealing with the issue of


substitutes for plastic for a long time. In hundreds of projects, we could manage to replace plastic with solutions on the basis of corrugated cardboard. Moreover, we focus on sustainability and education projects in our DS Smith Charitable Foundation," emphasises Philip Bautil, managing director at DS Smith. "This project is therefore the right thing for us, and it matters a lot to us. We hope that this pilot project will prove its long-term worth and can be introduced in other countries." The donation cheque was handed over to Ritva Mikkonen-


Diegelmann and Wolfgang Schmid, both from the UNICEF Fulda working group. "We are so glad that DS Smith supports the global action of UNICEF this time again," says Mr Schmid. For the sixth time in a row, DS Smith has decided to make a


DS Smith has donated €50,000 to UNICEF to give African children the education they need and offer financial support to families. The donation will go towards UNICEF’s project in Ivory Coast in


which the environment is being relieved of plastic waste and then turned into building bricks for schooling facilities. Future prospects of millions of children in Africa are restricted,


since they cannot attend school. One reason for that is that there are not enough classrooms. "Ivory Coast alone lacks several thousand schoolrooms," stresses Wolfgang Schmid, head of the UNICEF Fulda working group. "The kids who go to school often have to learn in entirely overcrowded classrooms, which significantly impairs their education opportunities." "Yet at the same time, we have millions of tonnes of plastic waste


worldwide, both in our oceans and onshore. This affects us all. In a recent survey that we conducted together with L`ObSoCo, 86% of the respondents said that they considered the environmental issues to be the greatest challenge of human society in the next decades," says Anja Röhrle, DS Smith's marketing & communications manager Germany/Switzerland. In Ivory Coast, UNICEF has launched a project where plastic waste


is collected and processed into bricks for new schooling facilities. This has a threefold benefit: Plastic waste is reduced. Schoolrooms are created, and thus a chance of education and a better future for


With its Christmas donation, DS Smith supports the construction of classrooms, for instance, here in Sangouine, a village in western Ivory Coast. The classrooms have been constructed from bricks made of locally collected plastic.


donation instead of sending gifts to customers. Since 2014, the company has donated a total of €300,000 to UNICEF via the DS Smith Charitable Foundation in order to help children in need and to offer them better future opportunities. "Special thanks go to our customers, who encouraged us to do without Christmas presents and thus virtually donated as well," emphasises Bautil.


Abbeychart welcomes new sales engineer


Abbeychart has welcomed Harry Lovegrove as the company’s new sales engineer covering the South West and the West Midlands area. Harry was appointed in January when his training commenced and he had the opportunity


to meet all the staff and get a feel for the company. “I want to become a trustworthy and reliable field sales engineer within the company.


Every member of staff I have met has been incredibly supportive during my first few weeks and I wish to pass this on, exceed my targets and help develop the profession of Abbeychart,” Harry said. He will be out and about helping customers with all their liquid dispense component


queries. As well as selling components, Abbeychart covers all refurbishment requirements too


including rotary vane pumps and bar guns to name a few, while also providing kitting services.


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