Monday 5th September 2022
Paper towel recycling is finally here! The way you use your restrooms will change forever! Well not really, but those paper towels you use to dry your hands can now be recycled! Previously paper towels had to be disposed of with general waste, costing businesses and the environment more in the process. A huge proportion of offices use these products in their bathrooms, and without a recycling option, there was no choice but to dispose of them. That is until now. A new circular paper towel recycling solution ‘PaperCircle’ has been developed by Essity, the parent company of Tork paper hand towels. Previously a wet strength chemical prevented these products from being recycled, but this new process allows for used paper hand towels to be recycled and made back into new ones. At Recorra, we have become a London PaperCircle recycling partner. This means we can now provide your business with this innovative service as a part of your scheduled collections. With no extra emissions produced!
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What makes our service unique?
- We make achieving your business’ ESGs easy, increasing your recycling rate and reducing your emissions by 40% by simply switching to our PaperCircle service.
- What is more, the collection element is cost neutral* making it an easy decision.
- We will do the hard work for you – sending you dedicated labelled sacks, then collecting directly from your workplace or allocated pick-up point, making our service convenient to use
- Tork can provide cleaner training, user signage and information to help your building to better recycle paper towels
- No smoke and mirrors – we will tell you where your materials end up and what their new life looks like. You can even buy back Tork paper towels from our office supplies service to close the loop!
- All paper is kept within UK, reducing vehicle miles travelled (VMT) and greenhouse gas emissions with it.
Top tip– use our customer portal to keep up to date with the amount of paper towel you have recycled!
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Here is what our customers say… ‘Recycling washroom paper towels with Recorra and our cleaning contractor 3 Way Cleaning, through the PaperCircle™ process was a no-brainer. Instead of entering the general waste stream, we are delighted to know our paper hand towels are now being recycled back into paper towels, in the UK! It has also increased our recycling rate significantly. A really good closed-loop recycling solution offered by Recorra.’ – Mishcon de Reya, London
So, what are you waiting for?For all workplaces that use paper towels, this is an easy win. We all need to play our part in reducing emissions and increasing recycling rates to overcome the climate crisis. Recorra’s Paper Towel recycling service partnered with PaperCircle™ is a tool to help you do just that.
Make an online enquiry now or contact our friendly customer service team on: helpdesk@paper-round.co.uk
