WASTE RECYCLING COMPANY PROFILE
Pulp non-fiction
Scottish firm Cullen leads the way with pulp and paper products
FOR hundreds of years, the shipyards of the River Clyde produced seafaring vessels that conquered the world.
Glasgow’s shipbuilding industry employed tens of thousands and the yards of the Clyde gained a reputation for innovation, engineering skill and enterprise.
The shipyards, of course, fell silent a long time ago.
However, a stone’s throw from the banks of the Clyde is a Scottish firm born when the yards were at their peak and which, almost a century on, is still following that same spirit of enterprise and innovation. Raised in 1921 as Robert Cullen & Sons to provide packaging for Scotland’s other
national industry – whisky – Cullen is now playing a vital (but perhaps not terribly visible) role helping the NHS perform efficiently and safely.
“Our medical products aren’t branded, so there’s no obvious way to associate them with a British-based company,” says David MacDonald, Cullen’s director.
“To be honest, I think we are a bit of a hidden gem here in Glasgow.”
Rolling out of Cullen’s Glasgow facility are medical essentials bound for hundreds of NHS facilities across the UK, along with hospitals as far away as Canada, Singapore, Chile and Australia.
Once used, the entire product – waste and all – is simply disposed of in a macerator to be pulverised and slushed away, saving costs and time while minimising the chances of spreading germs and viruses.”
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Created from moulded pulp made mostly from waste newspaper and cardboard, the fully biodegradable trays, urine bottles and dishes are not only solving the problem of how to tackle paper and card waste, they’re also playing an important part in aiding the NHS through the current health crisis.
The single-use, fully biodegradable products have replaced previously used steel and plastic alternatives, instantly eliminating the need for high-temperature washing and helping to ease the risk of cross-contamination.
Once used, the entire product – waste and all – is simply disposed of in a macerator to be pulverised and slushed away, saving costs and time while minimising the chances of spreading germs and viruses.
Cullen’s eco-friendly medical products have proved so popular with nursing staff and hospitals that they now export over 150 million products every year to 33 countries around the world.
Cullen’s business is currently on a roll; its moulded pulp packaging products are also in high demand from another frontline service in the coronavirus battle: supermarkets.
By SANDRA DICK
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