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NEW LAUNDRY OPERATION AIMS TO REDUCE HEALTHCARE


SECTOR LAUNDRY WASTE A new commercial cleaning operation, designed to close the loop on linen ‘waste’ from the healthcare sector, has been launched following a successful two-year pilot.


Regenex began as nothing more than an idea back in late 2016, when founders David Midgley, Paul Hamilton and Matthew Whitehead sought to challenge the status quo – and carbon footprint – in the healthcare laundry sector.


Since this idea, £250,000 and 24 months of research and development has been invested into devising a new solution to boost the amount of linen that can be reclaimed for reuse.


A meticulously developed solution incorporating a number of new techniques, together with sophisticated chemistry, has allowed Regenex to process 300 tonnes of otherwise- condemned material, during the pilot project – 100% of which would have otherwise been ragged or landfilled. 74% has been successfully reclaimed and returned to commercial laundries and healthcare facilities’ pool stock for reuse, with the remainder processed for recycling.


Commenting on the venture, Managing Director David Midgley said: “Unfortunately, the UK lags behind many of our European neighbours when it comes to waste hierarchy excellence for textiles –something that has to change. We are too quick to categorise towels, bedsheets and apparel as having reached their end of life.


“Yes, something may seem extensively stained, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to restore the materials to a satisfactory condition. We’ve approached the industry as an outsider looking in and have innovated to change the status quo.”


The Regenex team knows that, if they can extend the life of a perfectly salvageable piece of linen, they can avoid triggering this weighty carbon impact once again.


Keen to further minimise the net environmental damage of the process, steam and hot water from the Regenex plant is used by neighbouring textiles facilities. The process uses a gentle, multi-bath approach and, for the small proportion of linen that cannot be successfully cleaned, the team prioritises an overdyeing process that enables towels, bedlinen and workwear to be reused, simply in a different colour.


“It would be unfair to say that the laundry industry hasn’t


tried to instigate change. Continuous batch washing systems have made great headway in the reduction of energy usage, for example, but some extreme stains remain difficult to remove. For many people, this renders items as nothing but ‘waste’, which we know is not the case. We therefore hope that the Regenex process can complement the efforts of the continuous batch washers – enabling the UK to “love its linen for longer,” continued David.


Now a fully-commercial operation employing 12 people and with capacity to handle at least 15 tonnes of linen per week, Regenex is welcoming more clients to come onboard in 2019 and beyond. The management team is even offering a 400kg free trial to healthcare laundries in the UK, to demonstrate the effectiveness of the new system.


David added: “If the environmental benefit of the process is not enough, we’ve done our sums and calculated that we can achieve up to 55% cost savings for reclaiming a condemned double bedsheet, when compared to replacing the stock with new linen.


“However, with so many variables at play, we invite clients to work through our step-by-step calculator to uncover the financial impact for their individual laundry scenario.


“We believe that the potential for Regenex to boost the


healthcare industry’s green credentials – not to mention the laundry’s bottom line – is therefore vast.”


www.regenex.co.uk


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