SOUTH YORKSHIRE DEVELOPER PARTNERS WITH HOMELESSNESS CHARITY IN CRISP PACKET RECYCLING

Ahead of Global Recycling Day (18th March), Sheffield-based developer Barratt and David Wilson Homes Sheffield has been collecting crisp packets at its head office for a donation to a charity which recycles the packets to create survival equipment for the homeless.

The housebuilder hosted the collection for employees at its divisional office in Sheffield, as well as other businesses within the building, and plans to donate the empty packets to The Crisp Packet Project.

Global Recycling Day, created by The Global Recycling Foundation and launched in 2018, aims to help recognise and celebrate the importance recycling plays in preserving primary resources and helping the future of the planet.

All of the crisp packets collected will be donated to The Crisp Packet Project which recycles them to create survival equipment for those in need.

It takes 44 packets to make a survival sheet, 55 for a blanket and 100 to make a bivi bag which, for simply keeping hold of a crisp packet after consumption, can make a huge difference for homeless people across the UK.

Pen Huston, Founder and Director of the Crisp Packet Project, said: “Together we can make a difference to one use plastics and saving lives this winter.”

The worldwide project was introduced in November 2019 by Pen Huston, and many hundreds of people have now made these items to help others to keep warm.

All unwashed crisp packets are also now donated to Terracyle KP; an organisation which helps The Crisp Packet Project to raise funds for its headquarters in Hastings, plus the Rain Forest.

Gary Chambers, Managing Director at Barratt and David Wilson Homes Sheffield, said: “We’re delighted to have collected so many crisp packets and we look forward to making the donation to such a worthwhile cause.

“The Crisp Packet Project does a fantastic job in supporting homeless people, but also in its efforts to recycle and this links to our own objectives to become the leading sustainable housebuilder.”

More information about the work of the charity can be found by visiting the website at The Crisp Packet Project.

For more information about Barratt and David Wilson Homes, visit www.barratthomes.co.uk or www.dwh.co.uk.