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News Release from: M-real
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 01 October 2004
Paper Recycling Scheme For London
Expands
To further improve the rate of local office paper recycling in London, particularly for small businesses, Bioregional Development Group has expanded its successful recycling scheme.
To further improve the rate of local office paper recycling in London, particularly for small businesses, Bioregional Development Group has expanded its successful recycling scheme The Laundry, through working closely with recycled paper manufacturer M-real Offices, provides a service that covers The City, Holborn, Finsbury, Covent Garden and W1 areas of Central London
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 24 Jun 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The recycling scheme is based on the idea of a traditional laundry service.
Businesses fill plastic sacks with their 'dirty' office paper and cardboard waste, which is collected each week by The Laundry team.
The waste paper is then taken to M-real's New Thames recycling mill in Sittingbourne, Kent.
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There it is turned into the 100 per cent recovered paper brand Evolve.
Companies recycling with The Laundry can then buy back their cleaned up paper at a discounted price from Osman's Stationers, in Soho.
Already more than 290 businesses in the central London area are currently using the Laundry's facilities, generating a collection of 3.8 tonnes of office paper and cardboard waste every week.
Commented Ben Maxwell, project manager at The Laundry: "With no minimum pick up requirements, The Laundry operates a flexible recycling scheme that is suitable even for the smallest businesses and which is less expensive than throwing it away as commercial waste with the council.
We have already improved the local office paper recycling rate, because none of the companies that are now using The Laundry recycled before." He claimed that what made the scheme really stand out was that it is an attempt to close the recycling loop.
"We not only pick up the office paper waste but we also work closely with paper manufacturer M-real, and Osman stationers to encourage businesses to buy back a 100 per cent recycled paper brand, such as Evolve, for all their office needs, which in turn can then be recycled again and again," he added.
The Evolve range is made from 100 per cent recovered waste, with the quality, appearance and performance of virgin fibre papers claimed M-real.
Commenting on the issue of recycling, Paul O'Shaughnessy, key account manager at M-real UK said: "The days when recycling was simply trendy have long gone.
People now appreciate the importance of re-using materials in order to support sustainability and divert some of the south-east paper waste from landfill.
We are delighted to be working with the team from The Laundry, which is helping to change the way companies think and support their move towards recycled produce." The production of Evolve, which is totally chlorine free and uses biodegradable soaps, combines a strict waste collection and selection process, which is critical to the production of premium, recycled paper claimed M-real.
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