Example Of Hand-Towel Recycling Process
MRO-015 Ver 1.1 (April 23)
- Washroom visitors and employees use the washroom as usual, but throw their hand-towels into a separate bin after drying their hands
- Cleaners empty the bins as usual, but keep the hand-towels separate on the trolley
- The recycling partner collects the hand-towels and brings them to the local OEM mill
- The mill recycles the hand-towels into new products
- The recycled hand-towels are put back into the loop
Recycling Partners & Distributors - EMEA
OEMs
DISTRIBUTORS
*Based on a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for Europe, where the avoided processes have been taken into account, conducted by Essity and verified by IVL, Swedish Environmental Research Institute, 2017
**Based on results from Tork PaperCircleTM pilot customers in Germany and The Netherlands
JAN/SAN Recycling
Post-Covid, there are now increasing requirements that dictate enhanced cleaning and a higher level of hygiene-management in the workplace. This is against the backdrop of the need for more responsible sourcing and fulfilling CBRE's sustainability objectives. One area for growth and consideration are the recycling initiatives in the JAN / SAN space within the EMEA region (we expect other regions to follow suit based on OEM's increasing capabilities in this area). By recycling hand-towels, for instance, we can lower the carbon footprint by 40%* and generate about 20%** less waste.
The overview below gives further details of the hand towel recycling process:
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