A WINCANTON hairdresser is making a sustainable switch to recyclable gowns in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint while offering uncompromising levels of hygiene and protection to its clients (November 2021).
Phoenix Hair Studio is moving away from fabric and disposable plastic gowns to CARTIM Recyclables’ Polyair™ gowns made from sugar cane waste, reducing its water consumption and plastic use.
Chantelle Caren, owner of the High Street salon, says: “We’re super excited to be taking a step towards being a more sustainable business with CARTIM Recyclables’ gowns.
“As a business, we’re concerned not only with protecting our clients and offering them the highest level of hygiene, but also the impact on the environment we have from our water use to what we send to landfill. Thanks to CARTIM, we can offer our clients protection from water, hair and dye without contributing to plastic pollution.”
As more businesses consider their environmental credentials ethos, CARTIM Recyclables hopes that it can continue to support salons like Phoenix Hair Studio taking steps to become more sustainable.
CARTIM Recyclables’ Director, Tim Champion says: “It’s exciting to be supporting another salon switching to our popular Polyair™ gowns and we’re collectively doing more for the planet by tackling its carbon footprint.
“Our gowns offer an uncompromising level of protection from hair, water and dye while also providing high levels of hygiene, an ongoing concern for customers following Covid restrictions.
“Our gowns also reduce water consumption as they do not need to be washed like fabric gowns, which is great news for the planet, while being more economical for small businesses too.
“Our Polyair™ gowns offer the highest standard of hygiene without compromising our earth’s wellbeing. We look forward to providing our planet-positive products to even more hairdressers and barbers in the area in the coming weeks and months. Anyone who would like to find out how they can trial our gowns, capes or aprons for free should call us on 01458 272057 or visit www.cartimrecyclables.co.uk.”
CARTIM Recyclables’ gowns are designed to protect a hairdresser or barber’s clients against hair, water and colour.
Made from Polyair™, its gowns are the only 100% recyclable, carbon neutral material currently available and are PAS2050 carbon neutral certified.
Tim continues: “This is truly the greenest material we know of and it will help hairdressers and barbers improve their green credentials and dramatically reduce their carbon footprints.
“Polyair™ is a soft, clear material that provides a commercially viable alternative to standard polythene. It is bio-based and is made from sugar cane waste. It’s the process of photosynthesis as the plant grows that makes this material carbon neutral and our product 100% recyclable.”
Polyair™ is manufactured in Witney, Oxfordshire and extruded, cut and packed exclusively at the CARTIM factory in Somerset, resulting in a ‘Made In Britain’ product.
Gowns have neck ties and are 1200mm x 1200mm adequate to fully cover a hairdresser or barber’s client while seated.
Every business that buys the gowns will receive a certificate stating that for every 100kg of Polyair™ used, 260kg of CO2 is prevented from entering the atmosphere.
CARTIM Recyclables is the sister company to Needles and Pins (UK) Ltd and Tica Lily Ltd.
Tim adds: “Tica Lily is another exciting venture of ours that has recently launched offering wonderful household and clothing collections made from 100% linen.”
The team at CARTIM Recyclables cut and pack its shoulder gowns in its Somerton factory, then deliver and collect the used items from its clients for recycling.
For more information about CARTIM Recyclables, which is based in Somerton, please call 01458 272057 or visit www.cartimrecyclables.co.uk.
