Blycolin reaches milestone of 100 million litres
Blycolin reaches milestone of 100 million litres
Blycolin is the leading international specialist and partner in linen service for the hospitality industry. With over 150 (partner) laundries, they help the customer with everything that has to do with linen. A large amount of water is used in these laundries on an annual basis.
In collaboration with Made Blue, Blycolin mirrors the water it uses directly in its own laundries. This compensates for the exact amount of water required for washing. Dit jaar bereikte Blycolin de mijlpaal van maar liefst 100 miljoen liter schoon drinkwater.
THE IMPACT OF A CLEAN HOTEL BED
The need for clean bed linen in the hospitality industry entails a huge water demand. This has negative consequences for the environment, but there are also opportunities to convert water consumption into a positive impact. For Blycolin, this involves thousands of liters of clean drinking water in developing countries per day.
“We also see an opportunity here to give something back. There is an unimaginable amount of water in every wardrobe and every hotel room: by translating the water hidden in textiles into drinking water, we become aware of our behavior and the work we do in a different way.”
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In this way we can immediately return the water that we use in our own laundries to clean drinking water projects in, for example, Bangladesh or Ethiopia. In total we mirrored more than 100 million litres of water: enough to provide at least 1,400 people with access to clean drinking water for ten years or more.
Marc van Boekholt – CEO Blycolin
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THE SHEETS ARE MADE BLUE
“Made Blue gives a litre of water a completely different meaning. The tangibility of the water projects we are working on with Made Blue is a good breeding ground for our drive to do more with this.”
The partnership makes the exact number of litres needed for washing linen available elsewhere, for hygiene and as drinking water. “This way, we essentially offset our consumption. This is a first step that’s now feasible for us and simultaneously helps develop water awareness.”
One litre for one litre
In our One litre for one litre program, we offer you the opportunity to mirror the water consumption – or the water savings – of your product, service or organization.
Together we calculate the consumption or saving and determine which donation is needed to realize the same number of litres of clean drinking water in developing countries, guaranteed and certified.
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