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instead of chucking it away, they're something really useful. i don't understand why it would just be children rather than grown—ups.| and grown—ups have more free time as well. - the arrival of covid last year means the nhs has been using more plastic. so pre—covid, we were using about 300 masks a day, just for theatres mostly, and then covid struck and that increased to 10,000 a day. this machine is being tipped as the answer. it melts masks and tray wraps, and can reach temperatures of over 300 degrees celsius. obviously, we need to remove the ear straps and the wire that sits over your nose. basically, it'sjust like a giant oven. you know, it melts it all down, and that makes one of the big blocks, which then gets taken away, and ground down into plastic granules and repurposed. 45 masks are needed to make each picker. the hospital recognises repurposing is not a perfect solution, but says it's better than using an incinerator. at the moment, this is the best that we have. we all want to get to reusable ppe — that's the end result, but the barriers are there for a very good reason and we must stick with them to keep our staff and patients safe.
he has decided to stay in france. i have memories here, memories of my life here. they are stressful memories but i love them. this is life, c'est la vie. a new initiative to recycle face masks — in a bid to tackle plastic pollution — has begun. the masks are being melted and transformed into litter grabbers, which are being given to every school and college in cornwall. ijust found it in the bush! at penpol school near cambourne, pupils don't have to go too far from the school gates before they come across litter, and each picker they're using is made from used hospital protective equipment. you can pick up a mask with these, that are made out of masks, and ijust think it's really cool.
it needs a simple majority. in an op ed this week he called for a pause on this time line to try to pass this budget reconciliation bill. he said a pause is warranted because it will provide more clarity on the trajectory of the pandemic and it will allow us to determine if inflation is transitory or not. the biggest picker is his stance can complicate the time line when they want to pass the bills. that is because house speaker nancy pelosi promised moderates a vote on the infrastructure package by the end of the month, by september 27. if that is on the floor before the larger bill passes the senate, progressives have threatened to withhold their vote on the bipartisan bill. neither votes can pass unless joe manchin can get behind these bills. progressives are already furious at his stance on this.
change which is a way of changing the topic from economi injustice, which they love to do . >> it is environmental places him. >> greg hit on something. do they actually believe in -- they promised $15 billion, all these companies, and they've only given out $250 million. so is this all about -- emma putting their money where their mouth is quick. >> i think it's mostly -- here's the problem with virtue signaling. signaling your virtue becomes more important than being virtuous itself. you take a company which talks about the loss of intersection analogy, according to its ceo, yet does not pay its key picker which are right and in some places killed and maimed by their own colleagues, who are now seeking justice from unilever and they are denying that. that is one of the rules of how this game is actually played. i think it is even worse.
changing the topic from economi injustice, which they love to do . >> it is environmental places him. >> greg hit on something. do they actually believe in -- they promised $15 billion, all these companies, and they've only given out $250 million. so is this all about -- emma putting their money where their mouth is quick. >> i think it's mostly -- here's the problem with virtue signaling. signaling your virtue becomes more important than being virtuous itself. you take a company which talks about the loss of intersection analogy, according to its ceo, yet does not pay its key picker which are right and in some places killed and maimed by their own colleagues, who are now seeking justice from unilever and they are denying that. that is one of the rules of how this game is actually played. i think it is even worse.
to make things more sustainable as he looks to grow the business. (tx boohoo chief executivejohn little is rolling out hundreds of millions of pounds of investment acro55 factories, offices and distribution centres like this one in burnley. this is where your order get5 put together. when the picker is picking, picking out an order but actually it's a different customer, different brands. creating thousand5 ofjob5 but almost more crucially for his business, installing more automation. customers shopping online demand it. consumer habits have changed to wanting to buy online but equally the immediacy of when they want that order. so if you think of it today, a package can be ordered 10:55pm, it can be picked, it can be packed, it can go to the courier and it can be in your home by tomorrow. that's probably one of the biggest trends we've seen in the last sort of 18 months. that's only getting greater and greater is what i would say. so will same—day delivery become important? absolutely. not quite yet.
correspondent sean farringdonjohn lyttle said boohoo had a "clear strategy" for being more sustainable. boohoo chief executivejohn little is rolling out hundreds of millions of pounds of investment across factories, offices and distribution centres, like this one in burnley. this is where your order gets put together. as the picker is picking, they are taking in an order but it's different customer, different brands. creating thousands of jobs, but almost more crucially for its business, installing more automation. his customers shopping online demand it. consumer habits have changed wanting to buy online. but equally, the immediacy of when they want that order. if you think of it today, a package can be ordered 10.55pm. it can be picked, it can be packed and it can go to a courier and it can be in your home by tomorrow. so that's probably one of the biggest trends that we've seen in the last sort of 18 months
online retailer boohoo has insisted its clothing brands are not throwaway. speaking to our business correspondent sean farringdon, john lyttle said boohoo had a clear strategy for being more sustainable. boohoo chief executivejohn lyttle is rolling out hundreds of millions of pounds of investment across factories, offices and distribution centres like this one in burnley. this is where your order gets put together. when the picker is picking, picking out an order but actually it's a different customer, different brands. creating thousands of jobs but almost more crucially for his business, installing more automation. customers shopping online demand it. consumer habits have changed to wanting to buy online but equally the immediacy of when they want that order. so if you think of it today, a package can be ordered 10:55pm, it can be picked, it can be packed, it can go to the courier and it can be in your home by tomorrow. that's probably one
i'll explain to you what it was. first, the idea of two active burns. they are using that hose right now as steady pressure on a fire that is deep within. something's burning. could be smoldering. could be active. could be not. it's hard for them to know. they are still working on top of it. all right? and you have a blessing in florida, because of all the trouble that they have with natural disasters. you have these search-and-rescue forces, these task forces. they have a number of them. so they are rotating them in and out. this picker that you see with the alpha on it. this has been explained as, hey, is that the right way to look for bodies? they are not looking for bodies. the area has been cleared. this is after that. to move materials out of the way. potential opportunities to find new avenues of ingress. this is not how they are looking for loved ones. it's not accurate and it's not fair to the efforts and it's not fair to do to the families. so i wanted you to see that. i also want you to see a piece of footage of what the work actually looks like, in real-time, of where they are.
these search and rescue forces, these task forces, they have a number of them. they're rotating them in and out. this picker that you see with the alpha on it, that has been explained as, hey, is that the right way to look for bodies? they're not looking for bodies. the area has been cleared. this is after that, to move materials out of the way, potential opportunities to find new avenues of ingress. this is not how they're looking for loved ones. it's not accurate and not fair to the efforts and not fair to the families. so i wanted you to see that. and i wanted you to see a piece of footage of what the work actually looks like in realtime of how they separate layers. they call it de-layering. you have all of these sections of the building on top of each other. what was 100-plus feet is now 40 to 50. and when you move from this to the next piece of video, please, in the control room, you'll see that they have to -- we'll get it for you at some point during the show.