Captain Cyan's Sustainability and Environmental Commitment
Our Environmental Commitment
At Captain Cyan, we're fully committed to substantially reducing our environmental impact and are ahead of the curve on this within our industry. We believe strongly in dramatically improving the sustainability large format print and will always champion sustainable solutions, logistics and products for our customers.
Listed below are some of the many steps we've taken so far to reduce our environmental impact.
FESPA UK Waste Accreditation
Captain Cyan are proud to be accredited by the industry association FESPA with our efforts to maximise recycling rates. In particular, we now recycle all self-adhesive vinyl; roller banner; outdoor banner; soft plastics; and silicone release liner waste via dedicated waste streams.
ISO 14001 Accredited
We are proud to have achieved ISO 14001 accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to reducing our environmental impact and operating sustainably. We’re currently developing our Environmental Management System (EMS) to further integrate responsible practices across every aspect of our business. This marks an important step in our journey towards continuous environmental improvement.
New Sustainable Products
We have launched a number of new sustainable products, with the mission that these will replace their less eco-friendly alternatives. Customer are actively encouraged by staff to switch from plastic-based products to paper or cardboard alternatives where available.
Honeycomb Boards - Our Honeycomb boards are a great sustainable alternative to traditional Foamboard or Foamex products. They are manufactured from recycled content and are fully recyclable at the end of use. They are the perfect solution for use in exhibitions and events, which typically produce vast amounts of non-recyclable waste.
Fabric Recycling Scheme - customers can return their fabric posters back to Captain Cyan for recycling via our textile recycling service. We use this to recycle all textile waste and offcuts too.
Cargo Bike Delivery
We aim to make the vast majority of all same-day London deliveries via our partnership with sustainable logistics company Pedal Me, reducing our carbon emissions and promoting the use of cargo-bike usage for last-mile delivery.
Eco-Friendly Ink Solutions
We are a member of ink recycling schemes with both HP and Epson, and send all used ink cartridges back to the manufacturer for recycling. Our HP Latex and Epson inkjet printers both use aqueous inks, which are already significantly greener than UV or Solvent equivalents.
Renewable Energy
Our production facilities are backed by 100% renewable energy and we have no gas use on site.
Sustainable Transport
No more flights! We aim to travel to all exhibitions, whether as visitors or contractors, by train rather than plane to reduce our carbon emissions. All of our staff also travel to and from work or meetings via sustainable methods, such as walking, cycling or public transport. We are also members of the "cycle to work" scheme, offering staff 12 month loans to help staff obtain commuter bikes.
Energy Efficient Investment
In recent years we have continually invested in new print technology, to ensure that our systems are kept up-to-date with the latest energy-efficient processes. Old machinery is either sold on or returned to the manufacturer for recycling, and never thrown in landfill.