We’re always up for celebrating those days that strive to make a difference to the world, which is why today we’re celebrating Earth Day! With the first Earth Day celebration taking place in 1970, it’s grown to be such a successful event, now with over 75,000+ partners working to drive positive action in over 192 countries.

Last month, we took part in Earth Hour, where we switched off our lights for an hour in the evening to show support for our planet. Both Earth Hour and Earth Day puts nature at the centre of international conversations, showing decision makers across the globe that nature matters and urgent action must be taken to reverse nature loss.

The mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide.

How will Quintex play a part in Earth Day?

As always, we’ll be raising awareness and starting those crucial discussions about how we can play a part in caring for our planet. However, we don’t just celebrate the planet on Earth Day – we celebrate every day where we help many kitchens incorporate energy saving solutions into their daily processes.

By helping kitchens to save energy, we’re helping to prevent those harmful waste products from entering the atmosphere, creating efficient kitchens that save money and help the planet in the process.

How can you take part in Earth Day?

Change starts with action. There are a number of ways you can do your part to contribute to the discussion and to raise awareness of Earth Day.

• Start the conversation: Discuss the topic with friends and family.
• Volunteer: Sign up for the latest resources, activities you can do at home or online, and ways to spread the word to your friends through the Earth Day website.
• Do your research: The Earth Day website has plenty of resources for you to use and read up on, and you can even plan COVID-safe events.

Our energy saving solutions

We’ve been doing our part for the planet since the start of Quintex, with many kitchens across a range of industries taking advantage of our energy saving and efficient solutions. Cheetah, Biofix and Ecofix each have their own ways of being efficient:

• Cheetah – Our demand controlled kitchen extraction system. Cheetah saves energy by controlling the extract and air supply fans in line with demand. Energy savings of up to 80% are typically achieved.
• Biofix – Our biologically friendly drain treatment. This solution has a low carbon footprint, supports Green Building and is ISO 14000 certified due to no toxic/caustic chemicals being used.
• Ecofix – Our safe, automatic and eco-friendly Grease Management System. The unique characteristics of our biological formula tackle the causes of unpleasant odours at source, ensuring that commercial kitchens can operate without negatively impacting the surrounding environment.

Get in touch for more information about our planet-friendly solutions

If you’d like to find out more about our energy saving solutions, get in touch with the Quintex team today by calling 0118 973 9310 or emailing us at sales@quintex.co.uk.

Most large restaurants and pub chains spend thousands of pounds each year on drainage system problems. Commercial kitchens are well known for the buildup of FOGs in drains as food particles and residue are washed away, and without the proper treatment, this can be detrimental over time, causing some serious problems in the kitchen. See just how fatbergs can be problematic in this recent article from Sky News.

However, it’s not all doom and gloom. There is a solution that can not only help to prevent those annoying blockage issues that frequent your drain, but it can also be cost effective and kind to the environment. Taking the appropriate preventive measures can help significantly and prevent your kitchen from accumulating drainage issues that could mean your kitchen has to close for a period of time.

Don’t block it, Biofix it

If you’re finding your drains are slow running or you’re faced with regular blockages, this signifies that you need to take immediate action. Here at Quintex, we’ve developed a solution to suit any sized system and one that uses a unique blend of tailored, safe bacteria designed to consume FOGs.

Biofix is a low-cost, high-performance solution to grease management, and is the only treatment you need to prevent frequent blockage issues in your drains. Not only is our Biofix solution highly effective, but it also has a low carbon footprint due to no toxic chemicals being used. It’s been developed by our experts to significantly improve grease trap and drain cleaning performance.

Biofix is more effective due to using a unique combination of bacteria and green surfactants to create a controlled foaming action, which extensively coats all drain surfaces, even above the water line, ensuring daily re-inoculation throughout the drain.

Tips to prevent further blockages

Biofix has got you covered when it comes to frequent blockage issues, but how can you go further to prevent blockages from reoccurring?

Avoid washing large amounts of fats and oils down the drain – once cooled down, FOGs solidify, making them the perfect culprits for blocked drains. They can also clog up drain lines and grease traps. These blockages can be caused on site or later downstream, which could create even bigger problems. However, most restaurants will have a dedicated oil bin for recycling to prevent these issues from occurring.

Plug screens – Prevent large food particles and other debris from going down the drain with a plug screen. These particles can then be disposed of separately instead of going down the drain, potentially clogging the flow of water.

Identify warning signs – Bad smells and poor water drainage indicate there is a blockage, so carry out frequent checks to catch it before it becomes a problem.

Sustainable drainage solutions from Quintex

Could your kitchen benefit from our biologically friendly drain treatment? Watch our Biofix animation to see exactly how our solution works, and get in touch with the Quintex team on 0118 973 9310 if you have any questions. We’d be happy to help!

Our Solution To The Unblocktober Challenge

With more people spending time at home these days, it’s inevitable that this will have had an impact on the amount of waste we produce. Not only that, but the amount of waste we’re producing over the years in general is increasing more than it ever has. It’s saddening just how the environment is suffering because of our negligence, but it isn’t too late to make a change.

You may have seen us shouting about David Attenborough’s latest documentary, A Life On Our Planet, on social media, where we learn of humanity’s impact on nature and just how devastating our actions have been, and continue to be, on our planet. This makes the work we do all the more significant and it’s the perfect time for us to mention Unblocktober, and how you can play your part in saving the environment this month (and hopefully many months to come!)

What is Unblocktober?

Unblocktober is the world’s first month-long national campaign and awareness month to improve the health of our drains, sewers, watercourses and seas – driven completely by the British public.

We’ve spent years and years pouring dangerous liquids and items into our drains without even thinking of the consequences. The result of this is the creation of fatbergs, which are huge masses of congealed FOGs (fats, oils and grease), wet wipes, nappies and cotton buds to name but a few.

These fatbergs block drains and sewers preventing them from working as they should, which is quickly becoming a big problem. The main problem of these blockages is pollution, foul waste and flooding and excavation and repair.

Unblocktober challenges all of us to spend a whole month learning about the dangers of blocked drains and just how we can do our part to reduce waste, and hopefully put us all in the right mindset when disposing of those harmful liquids and items!

You can find out more information here: https://www.unblocktober.org/

How we play our part

We’ve already done our part in raising awareness of Unblocktober, but our efforts to promote positive environmental friendliness doesn’t stop there. Here at Quintex, we’ve gone one step further and developed our own solution to tackling FOGs in our drains.

Biofix – the smart FOG solution

Biofix, our biologically friendly drain treatment, is a grease management system that uses a unique blend of tailored, safe bacteria designed to consume fats, oils and grease. Our solution digests the particles and converts it to CO2 and water, meaning there are no by-products or risks for blockages downstream.

Our Biofix solution has a range of benefits to a commercial kitchen and the environment:

• It’s incredibly safe – Class 1 bacteria is used, meaning no harm to people or the environment.
• Environmentally friendly – The solution breaks down grease and organic waste and turns it into CO2 and water.
• Innovative – It creates long lasting solid pucks that create a foam when wet.
• Effective – A highly concentrated dosing system, up to 100% more than typical liquids.
• Economical – Low cost and low energy required (battery-powered).
• Scalable – To suit any system.

How can Quintex help you?

We want to help as many kitchens as possible play their part in creating safer drainage systems to help the environment. If you’d like any more information about our Biofix solution, or you’d like to chat to a member of the Quintex team about your requirements, get in touch with us today by calling 0118 973 9310 or emailing enquiries@quintex.co.uk.