Recycled Textiles Reduce C02 Emissions

With LMB Supplies’ preoccupation with sourcing the most environmentally friendly cleaning products – including their eco-friendly clean and green textile rags and wipes – this successful, London based cleaning materials supplier is providing a far better alternative to paper or non-woven cleaning materials than many users may be ordering from their current suppliers.



RECYCLING

LMB Supplies is not trying to be PC (politically correct) or a trendsetter: the Group’s whole working ethos is centred around the premise of textile recycling, including the collection of the majority of its household textiles by LMB’s parent company.



These are sorted into reusable materials (for export) and those which carry blemishes, stains or are torn, and are baled together according to garments, grade and cotton content, and turned into LMB’s cleaning wipers.



LMB Supplies also operate trading agreements with commercial laundries to recycle disposed bed sheets, pillow cases and table cloths when they are at the end of their working lives.



The manufacturing and recycling process for all wipers is fundamentally the same. Textiles are first sorted into batches to ensure they are clean, dry and suitable for wiper work. Essentially, graders are pre-determining if the materials are cotton rich and therefore absorbent. Materials are then graded and sent to LMB’s cutting facility, where they travel along a conveyor belt to be cut into specified sizes to create wiper stocks of dimensions uniform and minus any buttons, zips or impediments.



Each component wiper is passed through a metal detector to ensure there are no hidden encumbrances. Quality control is of paramount importance in LMB Supplies’ recycle process to ensure the finished article will not damage any surfaces as they are wiped.



With demand growing, LMB Supplies can guarantee to manufacture and supply over 30 tonnes of pure wipers (recycled) per week.



Through the scale of the Group’s operation, LMB Supplies is well positioned to cope with a surge in demand and not compromise any customer with a shortage of supplies, or poor quality wipers.



Industrial wipers are sometimes regarded as ‘waste or bi-products’ with numerous other suppliers not taking the time or effort to keep recycled rags and absorbent wipers graded to specifically high standards.



Not forgetting, an increasing number of suppliers simply export cloths for sorting and cutting in Eastern Europe – where standards are not as exemplary as LMB’s – and re-import them back into the UK creating a huge carbon transport footprint in the process.



LMB Supplies undertake all of its sorting and cutting in East London, reducing recycle costs and CO2 emissions through not undertaking unnecessarily long haul transportation journeys. Employment too is created in the UK and sustained for the longer economic benefits of individuals and communities.



LMB Supplies’ industrial wipers have been sorted, graded and processed through an invaluable recycle system, turning literally thousands of tonnes of unwanted clothing and textiles into excellent cleaning wipers: this imaginative recycling and re-application of textiles has provided a panacea for worn household and commercial textiles without creating a burden on landfill or a burden through export or disposal costs.



With their reputation for quality and reliability, LMB Supplies have gradually expanded an eco-friendly product range and customer base over the past 20 years.



Take a look at our state-of-the-art website at www.lmb-supplies.co.uk and see how LMB cleaning supplies is putting a sparkle into the industrial and rags marketplace, through its innovative recycling processes.