Recycling matters

Recycling makes a real difference in protecting the environment.

Our toilet tissue paper

Velvet toilet tissue is made from paper that comes from well-managed forests, accredited by the Forest Stewardship Council. The FSC ‘stamp’ on our packaging offers shoppers the reassurance that all wood and paper fibres used to make Velvet products comes only from well-managed forests.

FSC supports the conservation of forests and helps people lead better lives. For more information about the FSC, visit www.fsc.org

Our toilet tissue tubes

The tubes vary between 75 and 100 percent recycled fibre and can be recycled with your other general paper and card.

Our packaging

Velvet’s polythene packaging (poly) is recyclable where facilities exist. Although these recycling facilities are increasing across the UK, not all local authorities provide them as yet, however poly can also be recycled at recycling centres or at supermarkets which offer recycling facilities for plastic carrier bags. For those consumers who do not have access to recycling facilities for their poly, we offer the facility for them to return their poly to us and we will have it recycled on their behalf.

The Low Density Polythene material is a form of plastic and is non-biodegradable. Not all local authorities allow polythene to be recycled with normal recyclable plastics. However, It can be recycled at recycling centres or at supermarkets which offer recycling facilities for plastic carrier bags.

What can I recycle and where?

For useful recycling help and advice and to find out what you can recycle and where visit www.recyclenow.com.

Simply enter your postcode and you can find out what your local authority will recycle.

At Velvet, we care about the environment and are keen to help you recycle our packaging. That’s why we’re pleased to say that, if your local authority doesn’t accept polythene for recycling, Skymark, who produces Velvet packaging, will be happy to accept it from you for recycling. Simply keep your polythene wrapping until you’ve got a pile worth sending to be recycled. Clearly mark your package: For Recycling and send to us at the address below, using 2nd class or parcel post.

Skymark is an ISO 14001 accredited company, and has an environmental obligation to act responsibly and take a strong stance in the reduction, recovery and recyclability of the materials they produce.

Skymark Packaging Solutions Ltd.
Address:
Manners Industrial Estate
Manners Avenue
Ilkeston, Derbyshire
UK
DE7 8EF

For more information about Skymark visit www.skymark.co.uk

Four steps to simple recycling

Recycle on your doorstep

Nine out of ten of us have kerbside collection schemes, so if you don't already have a recycling box or bag provided by your local council, it's worth you calling them up and checking that you haven't been missed out!

Find out what you can recycle

Different councils collect different materials although most collect cans, glass and paper. Enter your postcode to see what you can recycle from home and where your nearest recycling drop off point is...

Sort your rubbish

Now that you know what items you can recycle, find a handy place to store them. Make sure you encourage everyone in your house to think whether items can be reused or recycled before they're thrown away.

Check the date and put out your recycling

Find out from your council what day your recycling will be collected. In some areas recyling is collected every week and in others it's collected fortnightly.