Hygiene dispenser recycling initiative underway

Recycling end-of-life plastic waste has never been more important, and within the facilities sector this is no different. The Dis-Cycle initiative pioneered by Upwood Cleaning & Hygiene is an in-house scheme designed to enable the recycling of old, end-of-life hygiene dispenser systems and re-use their plastic foundations to manufacture new products.

How does the process work?

While new hygiene dispenser systems are being installed at the client’s facility, Upwood collects the old, dismantled dispensers and transports them to its proprietary recycling centre where the disused hygiene dispensers are shredded into fibrous granules and reused to manufacture new products.

Kirsty Powell, sales director at Upwood Cleaning & Hygiene, said: “We are fully committed to working in partnership with our customers to reduce, reuse, recycle, and cut waste. Sustainability is high on the agenda in every organisation - as a supply chain partner of choice, we have a responsibility to support our customers to meet their environmental and legislative obligations, by offering added value services that go beyond just selling ecofriendly cleaning products.”

The in-house dedicated recycling facility in the East Midlands uses waste plastic as the core component for manufacturing new products by a thermoset compression moulding process. The fibrous plastic granules are product and today, every Care UK home uses OdorBac Tec4 as its main cleaning product. Sustainability was an important consideration for Care UK when selecting a new cleaning product. Thanks to 2Pure Products’ green commitments, Care UK has saved 3690 kilograms of C02, and has heated into a viscous material before being set by a mould on a hydraulic press, forming a new product, ready-for-market.

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The manufactured products at the facility include feet and weighted ballast for fence systems to name but a few.

Why is dispenser recycling important?

We’re all well versed on the global and national plastic problem, with an estimated 17% of waste plastic being sent to landfill according to The British Plastics Federation and an estimated 46% being incinerated - a major source of air pollution. The importance of recycling schemes for plastic waste at end-oflife has never been greater and those responsible for business premises have a duty to ensure that plastics are disposed of in the most environmentally responsible way. Plastic hygiene dispenser systems are no exception, which is where the DisCycle scheme from Upwood comes in.

What dispensers can be recycled?

The recycling scheme works for all hygiene dispenser systems where plastic is the primary material including bulk fill soap dispensers, paper product dispensers, cartridge system dispensers, and more. Any residual metal within the dispensers is separated by powerful magnets during the process and eventually melted to ensure maximum integrity of the final product.

WWW.UPWOODCH.COM prevented 2775 kilograms of virgin plastic being produced, over the past year.

By offering a high-performance product that has been manufactured in the most sustainable way using 100% renewable energy, we can support our customers in achieving their own green cleaning ambitions.

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ISS supports Tork PaperCircle expansion across Europe

ISS is dedicated to scale the Tork PaperCircle recycling service as part of its sustainability efforts. Tork PaperCircle is the world’s first circular recycling service for used paper hand towels, turning waste into new tissue products. ISS is one of the global service companies which has begun implementing Tork PaperCircle at large client sites in some of its European markets. The service is installed in washrooms where used paper towels are collected in a designated bin, which ISS’s cleaning staff then remove for transportation to Essity’s local mill for recycling into paper towels and other tissue products. As a result, ISS helps clients reduce their paper towel waste by up to 20% and cut paper towel carbon footprint by up to 40%.

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DRIVEN by smart and intelligent technological advances, the Ultimaxx 1900 scrubber is the first model in Taski’s new range. Taski’s R&D engineers have bolstered every scrubber drier function and every component to optimise efficiency, performance and reliability. Ultimaxx incorporates the latest intelligent technologies to reduce time, energy, water, chemical, and consumable consumption.

The 2022 Ultimaxx 1900 sees a 30% improvement in battery autonomy and 40% more water autonomy compared with the previous swingo model.

Impressive flexibility combined with a new level of modularity allows users to customise the machine and the addition of IntelliTrail 2.0 remote component management highlights maintenance requirements before they disrupt operations, and provides support through remote service and software updates.

Marcel Muller, global marketing director floorcare machines at Taski, said: “There is a new world now for businesses and for customers. The businesses that want to succeed in the world we are emerging into need to demonstrably match their actions with customer expectations. When it comes to cleanliness, efficiency and smartness Ultimaxx does that and does it in many different ways, for different places, tackling many different cleaning challenges. With selectable brush decks, patented innovations and IntelliTrail 2.0 remote insights, the Ultimaxx range is a gateway to a new level of cleaning. The advancements made by Ultimaxx are impressive, even by Taski standards. As a company built on a rich heritage of innovation, we are always striving to deliver the best. Ultimaxx is going to create not just a wave of newer, cleaner places but also lead the charge for better cleaning machines across the industry. Also, learnings gained during the pandemic have found their way into the machine with inclusions such as HEPA filtration and antibacterial materials.”

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Rebrand and new web platform for The Decarbonizer

IN line with its future plans, UK-based manufacturer Vaclensa Ltd has unveiled the new brand identity and website for The Decarbonizer.

Previously known as simply ‘Decarbonizer’, the new branding delivers a modern look for the flagship product which, after 50 years, continues to help hospitality businesses operating commercial kitchens to save on costs and reduce time to clean cooking equipment.

The new logo has a sharp tone which underlines

The Decarbonizer’s ability to cut through grease and burnt-on carbon from a range of cooking equipment. According to Vaclensa, by using The Decarbonizer to clean your cooking equipment you will spend less on water bills, less on chemicals and staff will have more time to cook and serve customers.

The new website (www.thedecarbonizer.co.uk) is easy to navigate and features a helpful FAQ section which, as UK marketing manager Daniel Cross said, will be an ongoing project: “We are working hard on an exclusive project to develop more training and support videos and materials for the website’s ‘Help’ section, many of which are produced as a direct request from both existing and new customers. While we have our standard training and support materials, we are happy to prepare bespoke materials to meet our customers own particular way of training their staff.”

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DIVERSEY’S new Degragerm 24 Shield provides hotels with a new way to stop the spread of infections, including COVID-19, by enabling ongoing surface disinfection for up to 24 hours after application. This ready-to-use product meets numerous disinfection standards, including BSI PAS22424 and EPA RSS, that specifically assure its ongoing performance properties. It is designed for frequent touch surfaces where ongoing protection creates a safer environment for guests and staff while reducing cleaning burdens. Using the product on surfaces twice a day instead of traditional surface disinfectants every couple of hours can save costs and give housekeepers more time to focus on other tasks guests appreciate.

Degragerm 24 Shield is a new type of product that incorporates patented APT - advanced polymer technology - with powerful built-in disinfectants. In addition to working as a traditional cleaner disinfectant on application, it dries to form a thin and almost invisible film that releases disinfectant when touched to deliver ongoing protection. It passes the BSI PAS 2424 residual antimicrobial efficacy test and the stringent EPS RSS test which assure its ongoing protection against bacteria and enveloped virusesincluding the one that causes COVID-19 - for up to 24 hours. The product also meets a wide range of additional disinfection standards. All these tests are passed in dirty conditions which means the product can be used as a cleaner-disinfectant no need to clean the resulting in no need to clean the surface before it is applied.

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