The products are due to hit Sainsbury's shelves in August, following a successful trial scheme preceding the autumn school term last year.
James McKechnie, recycling manager for Sainsbury's, said: “We are happy to be supplying the Remarkable Recycled range once again this summer. Remarkable's brightly-coloured stationery is an example of how recycled products don't have to be boring – we're expecting the range to be a big hit with both kids and adults.”
Remarkable is best know for its brightly coloured pencils embossed with the slogan This pencil is made from one recycled vending cup. It has now recycled over two million plastic cups from the Save-a-Cup scheme collected from over 3,000 firms. It has also recycled five tonnes of tyres, 12 tonnes of paper and cards and five tonnes of computer printer material since its inception in 1996.
Edward Douglas Miller, managing director for Remarkable, said: “The more widely available Remarkable products become, the larger volumes of waste can be recycled. This is why we have been keen to have out products available in large retailers, as well as independents. Remarkable being taken on by multiple retailers means the way open for other environmental suppliers – this can only be good news for UK environmental business.”
Machinery
The recycling company based in Hammersmith, London, which has developed its own machinery, is now able to produce around 24 million of its famous pencils a year. It supplies its products to over 250 small retailers as well as stores like Tesco and now Sainsbury's.
He added that the company has had to adapt to be able to supply large orders to the bigger businesses and is now concentrating its efforts on service as well as innovation. “We are completely in control of our process and we can respond when we want to,” he said, “We want to create our own identity within the stationery market. We want to become the brand for recycled stationery.”
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