FIFTY FOUR DEGREES | 3 6 In this issue... 42 The importance of engaging Professor KatyMason and Dr Sharon Wagg explain how their work onMobile Access North Yorkshire put the local community at the heart of the huge infrastructure project 46 NEET stereotypes Dr Beth Suttill looks beyond the perceptions of NEETs to discover the individual stories and characteristics beneath. 50 Caste adrift Dr Saurabh Singhal explores how India's caste system creates personal hurdles for lower caste members on their way to educational and employment success. Seeking truly responsible investment Emre Tarimexamines the problems with using abatementmarkets and Socially Responsible Investment to induce green behaviour in business. 18 Justwhat dowemeanwhenwe sayplastic? Dr JohnHardy andDr Matteo Saltalippi explain how there is a big issuewhen it comes to tackling the environmental consequences; knowing just what a plastic is in the first place. 10 The challenges of plastic-free packaging Packaging technologists Ian Schofield and Katie Shepherd share their experiences of replacing plastic food packaging. 14 Are supermarkets the new-age plastic waste processors? Dr Savita Verma and Professor Linda Hendry discuss what retailers can do to address plastic packagingwaste. Skills for net zero in Lancashire If theUKGovernment is toachieve its NetZero2050 targets, thenall regions will have toplay their part. TheWork Foundation’sTrinleyWalker explains. 34 Framing sustainability challenges Professor Jan Bebbington outlines themain issues around sustainable development and human impact on the environment. 26 ACuppaWithout the PollutionProblem PhD researcher ColinHill is working on howcustomers and companies can be encouraged to use and responsibly dispose of a newgeneration of single- use cups without the plastic lining. 30 22 38 Working together to solve real-world problems Dr Alison Stowell, Professor Maria Piacentini and Stephen King explain how the Plastic Packaging in People’s Lives project brings academia and industry together. Plastic: Making our old companion visible Drs Charlotte Hadley, James Cronin and Alexandros Skandalis look at how easy it is to ignore the role of plastic in our lives until something goes wrong.
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