Repurposing crisp packets into sleeping bags for homeless people

17 Jun 2024

As one of its sustainability and community support projects for 2024, our Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals (C&P) team in Wilton, Teesside, UK, is supporting an innovative initiative which sees empty crisp packets turned into sleeping bags for homeless people. 

Crisp packets are waterproof and have insulating properties, and by fusing 150 together you can create a thermal sleeping bag capable of keeping a homeless person dry and warm at night. Working with other businesses in the area, our colleagues in Wilton have been collecting crisp packets for Nite Light CIC, a charity which provides aid and support to the most vulnerable people in Teesside. Several members of the team have also been using their annual volunteering days to help make the sleeping bags, which are distributed at local free markets.

North East England is one of the regions worst affected by poverty in the UK, and the Redcar and Cleveland borough, where our Wilton laboratory is located, is home to a number of deprived communities. By supporting this important initiative, our team is enabling Nite Light CIC to make an increasingly positive difference to the lives of those in most need.