Smile with Lotus

Published: 01 July, 2007

A pioneering environmental initiative by Lotus Professional is set to help local authorities improve their green credentials by creating a zero ‘paper-footprint’ from their selection of washroom paper products.

The first initiative of its kind in the industry in the UK, ‘Smile’ will enable the public sector to be even more proactive on recycling and the environment.

With increasing pressure on the public sector to procure responsibly and the Government’s pledge to be the leader on sustainable procurement by 2009, Lotus Professional is undertaking to create a zero ‘paper-footprint’ by eliminating any net contribution of paper to landfill in key products sold to the public sector.

This will be achieved by sourcing and recycling the same tonnage of waste fibre that it sells to public sector services in washroom paper products. For example, if Lotus Professional provides 1,000 cases of hand towels to a college, school or council it will aim, wherever possible to buy enough recovered paper fibre from the nearest suitable waste collection agency to make at least the same volume of products. Waste will always be recovered to the nearest Lotus Professional mill in the UK, meaning that it will never travel unnecessary miles to be recycled.

Lotus Professional is also reinforcing the message that its ‘Smile’ range of away-from-home paper products is manufactured in the UK using 100% UK and Ireland recovered fibre. This means that no virgin pulp is used in the production of ‘Smile’ hand towels and toilet roll and all raw material is sourced in the UK and Ireland.

Tel: 0114 285 6666
smile@gapac.com

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