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Supporting healthcare to achieve Net Zero
Tork manufacturer, Essity, is dedicated to providing sustainable hygiene products and services in all its markets. Sales ManagerLiam Mynes explains how the company is going that extra mile to achieve sustainable outcomes in healthcare.
In October 2020, NHS England became the world’s first health service to commit to reaching carbon Net Zero. Within a year, the body had managed to reduce emissions by the amount equivalent to that required to power 1.1 million homes annually. And in July 2022, the NHS became the first health system to embed Net Zero into its legislation. Going green is a clear part of the ethos of our National Health Service. Essity is supporting this drive in every way it can by helping the NHS to reduce its environmental impact throughout the value chain. The company’s aim is to provide the NHS with the most sustainable hygiene products and services on the market in a bid to reduce waste and lower carbon footprints. But it also intends to go that extra mile by providing comprehensive training for staff and managers. Essity Sustainability and Tender Specialist, Lydia Brant will be speaking at the Infection
Prevention Society’s annual conference, to be held in Birmingham from 23rd-25th September. She will focus on “Providing sustainable hygiene solutions in partnership with healthcare providers” and will highlight the efforts of Tork to reduce environmental impact along the value chain, in line with Essity’s science-based targets. The company’s four sustainability pillars are: materials and packaging; use and waste; carbon, and hygiene for all. Ninety per cent of the packaging materials used in Essity’s hygiene products is now made from renewable resources, such as paper or cardboard, while 100 per cent of its plastic packaging will be recyclable by 2025. It also aims to be using 30 per cent recycled content in its plastic packaging by next year. All the company’s systems are designed to
control usage and reduce waste via one-at- a-time dispensing. For example, Tork soap
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dispensers give out one controlled shot of soap at a time and the refills are leak-free to prevent any of the product going to waste. Refills come in bottles that collapse as the soap is used in order to reduce the volume of material going into the recycling facility. Tork dispensers for soap have also been certified as being easy to use, even for children and the elderly, while 99 per cent of the ingredients of Tork Clarity Foam Soap are biodegradable and come from natural origins.1 The product is quick to foam, which results in a 35 per cent reduction in water consumption,2 and its ingredients have been formulated to have a lower impact on aquatic life.3 C-fold towels were once the standard hand- drying medium in hospitals, but these can lead to a great deal of waste. It is difficult to take out only one towel at a time from a C-fold dispenser, so most users will extract a clump of towels. The unwanted products will then be discarded and wasted, driving up costs while having a negative environmental impact. All hand towel dispensers should, therefore, be designed to give out only one sheet of paper at a time to help to reduce paper waste. For example, the Tork PeakServe® ContinuousTM Hand Towel Dispenser gives out sheets of paper singly so that washroom users are discouraged from taking out more than they need. The dispenser holds up to 2,100 towels, which means it is particularly suitable for general hospital washrooms attended by both patients and visitors. The Tork Matic® Hand Hand Towel Roll is ideal for use in washrooms and wash stations used by healthcare staff because the soft towel will prevent chapping and soreness, even with frequent use. Again, the dispenser has been designed to give out only one towel at a time.
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