“Contrasting colours make the dispenser
openings easy to see and Braille text, where relevant, also helps the visually impaired.”
PASSING WITH HONOURS
When the Students’ Union at the University of Plymouth needed a cost-effective replacement for their washroom supplies, they turned to Katrin for a sustainable and effective solution.
University of Plymouth Students’ Union (UPSU) is an independent registered charity that seeks to represent all the students of Plymouth University. They facilitate student representation at all levels, host the sports clubs and societies, manage campus sport facilities and provide volunteering opportunities, independent advice, entertainment, shop, accommodation, catering and bars. This includes an advice centre, a gym, the second biggest nightclub in Plymouth, a shop and a coffee outlet.
Pressures on a charity of this nature are considerable. Richard Hicks, Facilities Supervisor explained: “With 75 permanent staff and around 200 casual student staff, we do make a small surplus (profit) but our principal funding is an annual grant from the University, of around £1.7m, so maximising, and
being accountable for this budget is key, and facilities is obviously a significant spend from this pot.”
ADDRESSING HIGH
LEVELS OF WASTE There are approximately 30 toilets across the UPSU estate and they were using a single sheet centre feeding style device throughout these facilities. Richard commented: “We found these devices were not really working for us. Firstly, once the roll is three quarters used up, it dropped and got stuck – meaning that we were wasting the last quarter of the roll. This level of waste soon mounts up.
“Secondly, the devices do not look like traditional dispensers. Students had a tendency to push the paper back through the small, round, dispenser
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opening (either by mistake or ‘for fun’), meaning the next user has no access to paper. The net result was students trying to force the dispenser open – and actually pulling the dispensers off the wall. We were losing 3 dispensers per week because of this problem, and we knew we had to look for an alternative solution”.
Richard asked a local distributor to look at the situation, and they recommended discussing the requirements with Metsa Tissue. Richard said: “They told us that Metsa’s System products are a great solution in high traffic areas. In addition, they advised that they had just introduced their new range of Katrin Inclusive dispensers, with a wide range of accessibility features, which are ideal for an educational environment.”
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