Sustainability

To celebrate World Toilet Day (19 November), toilet hygiene brand, Bloo has revealed the ‘MOT Health Check Toilet’ of the future, to show its commitment to a more sustainable future. This is to also coincide with the launch of ProNature, Bloo’s ...

According to the Carbon Trust, the UK industrial laundries sector is responsible for 25% of the UK’s total CO2 emissions, processing approximately 743,651 tonnes of laundry each year. To help achieve the government’s target for net zero emissions by 2050, ...

Spinning Gate Shopping Centre in Leigh and its waste management provider B&M Waste Services have achieved a Green Apple award for Environmental Best Practice for the second year running. In 2017 the award was presented for the Centre’s waste management achievements ...

B&M Waste Services has achieved Carbon Neutrality for the eighth year running. This year, the confidential waste arm of its business, B&M Secure Shredding, has also become Carbon Neutral, making it the first shredding business in the country to achieve ...

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), has announced its entire hotel estate of almost 843,000 guest rooms will switch to bulk-size bathroom amenities, with the transition to be completed during 2021. The move comes as the world-wide hotel chain continues to build ...

CEO and founder of First Mile, Bruce Bratley, explains how the UK’s first sack-sorting facility is boosting recycling success for business waste Setting the scene In 2017, leading recycling company, First Mile, revolutionised the way business waste is processed by ...

Two dominant messages emerged from the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA) conference on plastics.  First, products packaging and processes need to be designed with recycling in mind. Second, an integrated approach, from the start to the finish of the supply ...

Essity is investing €37 million in technology that will enable the company to produce high quality hygiene tissue products from wheat straw. This innovative process will offer major sustainability benefits since wheat straw is an agricultural by-product and a renewable ...

UK-based JLL, a world leader in the real estate industry, has recently taken further footsteps to reduce its carbon footprint. The partnership with B&M Waste led to a tree planting morning at JLL site, Spinning Jenny Way. As a Carbon ...

Cordant Cleaning, part of the Cordant Group, has been recognised by Go-Ahead Group after receiving a Sustainable Supplier Award from the transport operator. Cordant, which became a Social Business in 2017, earned praise for its exceptionally structured staff initiatives that ...