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The plastic century. 1930-2030
Plastics were introduced to the public in the 1930s as a modern, clean wonder material. In the 1960s and 70`s they were promoted by sophisticated marketing campaigns and subsidised by governments to assist the fossil fuels industry to utilise the 30% of waste from crude oil created from fuel oil production. Despite the many truly…
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Is bio plastic and bagasse serve-ware sustainable?
REUSABLES without “forever chemicals” is the best solution We must seek ways to remove forever chemicals from the food chain, which means fields, factories, farms, markets, houses, ditches, rivers, oceans and live events. This means we have to completely stop using any disposable packaging, unless there’s an emergency situation. It’s not good enough to continue…
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How will Wash Hubs work on the ground?
How wash-hubs will work for your event
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Please fill in the trader survey to have your say
Trader presentation by Wash-Ability Understanding plastics and food – click the photo to read more Food quality at outlets like this one is very high. Additionally, over 80% of waste generated by events is from disposable food and drinks packaging. trader survey read a little more here about how we plan to make the service…
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Why does Wash-Hubs aim to help eliminate PFAS “forever chemicals” from the food chain?
WASH-HUBS aims to help the events industry eliminate its contribution to the toxic build up of PFAS, BPF, glues, resins and other unknown compounds that cause devastating health problems and permanent irreversible pollution. WHY ? Even most paper, bagasse or corn starch “compostable” “biodegradable” packaging contain PFAS, because they are so widely used and under…
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Stainless versus hard plastics reusable serve-ware. Why is stainless better?
TOXICITY OF PLASTIC AS A FOOD CONTAINER When we choose a material for food serve-ware, reusables are proven to be the best option in most cases.*** That’s why you may already have switched to using washable plastic beakers for your cold drinks at your event and you no doubt already encourage self-supplied coffee cups and…
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What is embodied carbon and how can live events help to reduce it?
We were looking at what embodied CARBON is today. It’s the carbon burned during the manufacture of items, so for example, if our project uses recycled♻️ steel versus virgin steel for our raw materials, it will massively reduce the carbon footprint of live events However, what got us thinking laterally, whilst doing the domestic washing…
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Is this going to cost more?
We don’t think so. And certainly not in the long term. Our finance plan is to divert the cost that’s already being spent by event traders on disposables, directly to this service. That will pay for most of the running cost. We believe the rest of the running costs can be recouped by your savings…
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Support WASH-HUBS for free.
Each event is different and part of our job before entering into partnership, is to help you discover the most suitable method for your event right from the get-go. Our plan is to only implement our service in places they are appropriate. There will be very few events that are unsuitable, but if yours is…