CASE STUDY ECO-FRIENDLY SINGLE USE SALON TOWELS ______________________________________________________________________________________
The Scrummiest Eco-Salon in Town! Scrummi sits at the heart of the UK’s greenest salon Since 1971, Élan Hair Design has been renowned for providing expert hair cutting and styling services to the residents of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, as well as gaining industry wide recognition for its creative hairdressing abilities. Fast forward to 2012, and the salon has now hit the headlines and won national awards for entirely different reasons. As part of its latest refurbishment, owner Lorna Milton was looking for more eco-friendly, energy efficient and cost saving ideas. The decision to switch to energy saving lighting then spawned an eco-revolution that saw her convert every aspect of the salon in a determined effort to make Élan the most environmentally sustainable hairdressing business in the UK. And integral in this quest to trail-blaze the UK hairdressing industry and show what could be achieved when it comes to going green, was a decision to switch to Scrummi! Lorna picks up the story: “It all started when we thought about using LED lights in the salon, as these use much less energy than traditional lighting. Then we realised we could go a whole lot further and before we knew it, we’d incorporated green initiatives into every aspect of the refurbishment – from ceramic flooring made from 40% reconstituted material and carbon zero furniture to disposable towels, right down to combs; all the resources we use are the greenest we can find.” In addition to furniture, flooring and lighting, the salon looked at all its practices to see how far they could take things. This included the conversion to solar energy, switching to Scrummi and even embarking on a plan to send waste hair to local farms for composting, and recycling waste. Now Élan even derives an income from selling unused energy back to the power company! Integral to the project is Élan’s new waste management scheme, which has seen them team up with a local recycling company that turns food and garden waste into BSI accredited compost. As part of this initiative, used Scrummi’s, which are 100% recyclable and biodegradable, are collected for composting to spread on local fields – along with all food and organic waste and their clients’ hair!
Scrummi I Innovation Centre I Medway I Maidstone Road I Chatham I Kent I ME5 9FD Tel: 01634 821 609 Email: hq@Scrummi.com Web: www.Scrummi.com