i spoke to hoa doan from notpla about their mission to create a world without single—use plastics.astic packaging, if you're in a grocery store, if you're in a restaurant or cafe? i mean, what does it look like in terms of the way that, you know, food makes it into our hands? if you think about globally, there's about 140 million tons of plastic being produced a year, and at least half of those are plastic packaging. and we know that for a lot of these plastic packaging only a very small amount ever gets recycled. so if you go to a cafe where you pick up your disposable coffee cups, you know that there will be a plastic lining in it. and a bag of crisps that you could eat within five minutes, the packaging itself will last at least 100 years or more. so that is currently the plastic pollution crisis that we currently face and packaging really contributes a very large amount of that. you have this entire range of interesting ways of trying to replace plastic and packaging. you've got different kinds of food containers, replacing plastic cutlery with more sustainable cutlery. how doe

to make the packaging, notpla need the seaweed.brokeshire, which has had a royal visit. the potential of seaweed is vast. it's fast—growing, it captures carbon, it can replace single—use plastic and even be an alternative to cotton. in a remote corner of tasmania is a nominee for this year's earthshot prize. sea forest is growing seaweed that can be used as a small supplement in animal feed to dramatically reduce the methane produced by cows. if we got 10% of the world's livestock on this supplement, it would be the equivalent of taking 100 million cars off the road. so it has the potential to make a huge difference here. absolutely enormous. of all prince william's public work, the earthshot prize has become an absolute priority for him. he knows there are challenges in scaling up big environmental ideas, but wants a mood of urgent optimism to surround this week's events. daniela relph, bbc news, singapore. in the next hour of newsday, we'll be live from where prince william is starting the week with some dragon boating sojoin us

to make the packaging, notpla need the seaweed.—mor in pembrokeshire, which has had a royal visit. the potential of seaweed is vast. it's fast growing, it captures carbon, it can replace single—use plastic and even be an alternative to cotton. in a remote corner of tasmania is a nominee for this year's earthshot prize. sea forest is growing seaweed that can be used as a small supplement in animal feed to dramatically reduce the methane produced by cows. if we got 10% of the world's livestock on this supplement, it would be the equivalent of taking 100 million cars off the road. so it would make a huge difference here. absolutely enormous. of all prince william's public work, the earthshot prize has become an absolute priority for him. he knows there are challenges in scaling up big environmental ideas, but wants a mood of urgent optimism to surround this week's events. daniela relph, bbc news, singapore. here in the us, we are officially one year out from election day. nine republicans, four democrats and two independents are runni

notpla won earthshot�*s million pounds last year. and it's been a game changer. here on bbc news. hello there. it has been a bit drier today with a mixture of sunshine and showers. still a number of flood warnings focused across southern england from hampshire to here in kent. over the week ahead it is not looking as wet or windy either and for much of the week it is going to be a mixture of sunshine and showers. we have got some showers around at the moment and they will continue mainly for the western side of the uk but we could see some heavier showers creeping into the far south of england coming from the english channel. some breaks in the cloud, especially in the north—east of scotland survey could have a touch of frost but with those clearer skies you may get a view of the northern lights in northern scotland. this was taken last night in aberdeenshire. should be a sunny start from any parts of scotland and eastern england before the cloud builds up. showers will be out to the west once again, a day similar to today. the showers will get blown further east

notpla won earthshot�*s £1 million last year, and it's been a game—changer.ince william being so invested in their idea has been significant. here we go. amazing. he's been amazing in really creating a lot of moments for us to be in the room, to have the chance to connect with people who are often too busy to look at some of the solutions like which packaging is used in a stadium or in a festival or whatever it is. so those are really important moments. the seaweed solution is just the type of work the earthshot prize wants to support and what prince william wants to reward this week in singapore. there are challenges — the seaweed industry needs scaling up in the uk. but there is a real buzz around what it could offer. daniela relph, bbc news. one in ten mothers with young children have left their job because of childcare costs — a new survey suggests. the research by a charity and a jobs agency has led to claims that a "motherhood penalty" is too often preventing women from gaining a promotion or pay rise. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, reports.

notpla won earthshot�*s million pounds last year. and it's been a game changer. say when.e william being so invested in their idea has been significant. here we go. amazing. he's been amazing in really creating a lot of moments for us to be in the room, to have the chance to connect with people who are often too busy to look at some of the solutions like which packaging is used in a stadium or in a festival or whatever it is. so those are really important moments. the seaweed solution is just the type of work the earthshot prize wants to support and what prince william wants to reward this week in singapore. there are challenges. the seaweed industry needs scaling up in the uk, but there is a real buzz around what it could offer. daniela relph, bbc news. a charity worker who was told he had just six months to live is now on the road to recovery after becoming the first person in the world to receive an experimental liver transplant. 0ur reporter ross miklaszewicz has more. so the adaport, that's the one i have to take for life to make sure that my body communicates with th

notpla won earthshot�*s million pounds last year. and it's been a game changer. say when.rince william being so invested in their idea has been significant. here we go. amazing. he's been amazing in really creating a lot of moments for us to be in the room, to have the chance to connect with people who are often too busy to look at some of the solutions like which packaging is used in a stadium or in a festival or whatever it is. so those are really important moments. the seaweed solution is just the type of work the earthshot prize wants to support and what prince william wants to reward this week in singapore. there are challenges. the seaweed industry needs scaling up in the uk, but there is a real buzz around what it could offer. daniela relph, bbc news. a charity worker who was told he had just six months to live is now on the road to recovery after becoming the road to recovery after becoming the first person in the world to receive an experimental liver transplant. so, the adaport, that's the one i have to take for life to make sure that my body communicates with th

notpla won earthshot�*s £1 million last year, and it's been a game—changer.lly creating a lot of moments for us to be in the room, to have the chance to connect with people who are often too busy to look at some of the solutions like which packaging is used in a stadium or in a festival or whatever it is. so those are really important moments. it's also a way for all of these companies and all of these people tojoin this revolution that is the earthshot prize and make it very tangible for their clients. the seaweed solution is just the type of work the earthshot prize wants to support and what prince william wants to reward this week in singapore. there are challenges — the seaweed industry needs scaling up in the uk. but there is a real buzz around what it could offer. daniela relph, bbc news. do stay with us. you are watching bbc news. the impact of storm ciaran continues to be felt. on saturday in the uk, sunshine and showers and longer spells of rain, driven by low pressure. low pressure is named as a new storm that will bring severe weather to europe, we

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