Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 28th March 2024 Issue no. 1107
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Leading sports and leisure venues go green with Bay West
Leading sports and leisure venues across Scotland are reaping the benefits of 'going green' after installing Disposables UK's Bay West systems in their washrooms via distributor, Wilson Washrooms. Venues including The SSE Hydro and The Clyde Auditorium (also known as The Armadillo) at the SECC (Scottish Conference and Exhibition Centre) in Glasgow, Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh and Rangers Football Club are all benefiting from waste reduction and cost savings through the EU Eco Label accredited systems.
Catering and hospitality company, Elior UK, provides specialist services to a portfolio of clients, including football, rugby, cricket and leisure venues. With high visitor traffic on a regular basis, these venues need washroom facilities that can meet these levels of demand, whilst also reducing waste, mess and cost. After being introduced to Disposables UK's Bay West range by its distributor, Wilson Washrooms, Elior installed the range into the washrooms and changing rooms at Rangers Football Club.
Impressed by the brand's green credentials and associated cost-savings, Wilson Washrooms has since gone on to install Bay West in numerous other leading venues in Scotland, including the SECC in Glasgow and Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.
The chosen range of washroom products had to be sustainable, high quality and, crucially, have the ability to cope with high levels of visitors. Therefore, the Bay West Revolution and Bay West Optiserv Hands-Free systems were selected due to their waste reduction and high-capacity qualities. Disposables UK was also able to provide an added extra personal touch at Rangers Football Club, supplying the Bay West dispensers in the team colours, complete with logo.
These venues are already benefiting from the Bay West systems, with noticeable waste reduction and positive customer feedback. The installation of Bay West has resulted in a cost saving of 30% across the three venues to date.
Elior was particularly keen on Bay West's green credentials. Disposables UK was the first paper converter in the UK away-from-home market to be awarded EU recognised certification and Bay West was the first brand to provide a range of environmentally-preferred washroom products. Having attained the prestigious Ecolabel accreditation, many Bay West Products can now officially be credited as 'green washroom' products.
The success of the Bay West products, which tick all the boxes on cost saving, green credentials and waste reduction, has resulted in high levels of customer satisfaction. Stephen Brannigan,General Manager, Elior UK, says: "We are extremely happy with the Bay West range of dispensers. We needed products that could cope with constant demand and the Bay West range has really met our expectations. The systems work very well for us in these high-traffic venues where there is a constant stream of visitors using the washrooms and the cost-savings are considerable."
Ian Hart, at Wilson Washrooms, is equally happy, saying: "We have been working with Disposables for eight years and we know the Bay West range well which is why we suggest it to our vast client portfolio. Its cost saving and waste reduction qualities stand it in good stead and we hope to introduce it to many more customers in the future."
Emma Wood, marketing manager at Disposables UK, says: "We are delighted that our Bay West products are in such demand by leading leisure venues such as Rangers Football Club and The SECC. The Bay West brand is used already by numerous other sporting and leisure venues throughout the country and we are thrilled to be expanding in Scotland."
Bay West Revolution is a high-capacity three-roll holding toilet tissue dispenser, which features a carousel mechanism designed to deliver continuous supply. The system reduces waste and manpower and the toilet rolls are kept locked and protected, making them secure and hygienic.
Optiserv Hands-Free is a controlled usage dispenser, which delivers pre-measured paper towels, reducing over-use and waste. The high-capacity dispenser is completely hands-free and the user has limited contact with anything other than their towel. Optiserv Hands-Free is not only ideal for sporting and leisure venues, but also for office and high traffic environments in industry and manufacturing markets.
27th March 2014