NEW YORK—Perf Go Green Holdings, Inc. (“Perf Go Green”), a marketer and distributor of biodegradable plastics, has completed the company’s first major commercial conversion with the Grand Hyatt hotel in New York City. Beginning this fall, the Grand Hyatt will use Perf Go Green custom-sized commercial trash bags in three different sizes for their entire hotel operations, including executive offices, hotel trashcans, steward stations and ice bucket containers.
Grand Hyatt’s conversion to Perf Go Green is part of a larger environmental program through the Hyatt Corp., known as Hyatt Earth, which outlines a timeline for the company’s 365 hotels to implement more environmentally sustainable operations.
“This is a major milestone for our commercial conversion sales efforts,” said Perf Go Green chairman and CEO Tony Tracy. “It has the potential for a domino effect not only within the Hyatt Corporation, but for other businesses to follow suit. Our commercial product can be tailored for custom specifications and fits naturally with the overall sustainable initiatives that many companies are now rapidly evaluating and implementing. We’re delighted to work with Grand Hyatt on this important initiative.”
“As a flagship property within the Hyatt Corporation, we’re trying to reduce the environmental impact of our everyday operations, and identify innovative, eco-friendly products and sustainable operations that serve as a model for other Hyatt properties,” said Diana Beltran, Environmental Development Manager, Grand Hyatt New York. “By using Perf Go Green products and reducing the amount of plastic waste in the environment, we’re making a positive impact. Perf Go Green also gets out the message that we’re trying to make a difference, benefiting not only our guests, but also our employees, all at the same time.”
Perf Go Green products incorporate recycled plastics that are combined with an Oxo-biodegradable proprietary application method to produce the film for the bags. Based on environmental claims statements made by the manufacturer of the Oxo-biodegradable film applied to the bags, when discarded in soil and exposed to the presence of microorganisms, moisture and oxygen, Perf Go Green products biodegrade, decomposing into simple materials found in nature much faster than regular plastics, which can take hundreds of years to break down. Through this process and the use of recycled plastics, the company effectively removes plastic waste from the environment. In addition, Perf Go Green bags utilize a unique patented dispensing system that stores the bags on the bottom of trashcans and dispenses them one at a time.
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