
04 Apr A hotel can generate over a tonne of textile waste per year
Resuinsa is coordinating industrial textile waste collection to provide service to its customers and use it in the manufacturing process.
A 300-bed hotel can generate an average of over a tonne of textile waste per year, i.e. around 100 kilos a month and 0.3 kilos per room. Here at Resuinsa we are using these figures as a baseline to introduce a selective industrial waste collection system.
In this sense, we are offering an innovative service for hoteliers set to be affected by European Directive EU 2018/851 that comes into force a mere nine months from now, on 1st January 2025. The regulations are part of a package of measures on the circular economy and strengthen laws on waste prevention. Specifically in terms of textile waste, EU Member States must implement selective collection and set targets for reuse and recycling.
‘The regulations directly affect the sector since hotels and hotel chains need to have a plan for managing and providing a second life for the tonnes of textile waste they produce every year’, states Resuinsa CEO Félix Martí. Therefore, in light of concern in the sector, Martí explains that the company has been working for almost a year on providing customers with a textile waste collection service to then incorporate these products in the manufacturing chain.
Technological innovation in the circular economy
The pioneering initiative has come about thanks to Resuinsa’s major efforts in lab development. The firm has undertaken real R&D&i to provide an effective response for hoteliers
According to Martí, ‘experience and technological innovation have been key for us to developing the circular economy in the hotel sector. The sector is aware of how important the introduction of the European directive will be, both in terms of its logistics and environmental sustainability’.
Finally, the CEO underlines the aim of ‘fully implementing the care of and commitment to our planet. Thanks to the different research approaches and innovation we have pursued over the years, we offer ever more sustainable products to provide a solution to new challenges in the hotel sector. In this way, our new selection service for industrial textile waste represents comprehensive support for our customers and creates new opportunities by offering guarantees for products coming to the end of their lifecycle. The circular economy needs to develop and this kind of incentive ensures we will continue to make great strides every day’.