British Airways has announced it will eradicate 700 tonnes of single-use plastic from its flights during 2020. The airline said it planned to get rid of more than a billion single-use plastic items, which would fill the equivalent of more than 30,000 suitcases.
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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The Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub is a five-year £17.7 million project improving water security for a resilient future. The Hub brings together an international team from over 12 different countries to address threats to water security and contribute towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation). Leeds is a key partner with UK-based universities Newcastle and Oxford, and four overseas collaboratories located in Colombia, Ethiopia, India and Malaysia.