Metamark’s sustainability goal is to reduce our environmental footprint as far as is practically possible. Care of the environment is everybody’s responsibility and we take our share seriously. That responsibility impacts all our business activities and drives our planning and decisions.
Our day-to-day business activities, decision-making, innovation and planning are guided by a formal strategy that puts ESG at the core of Metamark’s business. We make our products using sustainable raw materials wherever possible. Our product design minimises raw material usage. We operate an energy-efficient plant and maximise the yield from every resource we consume and we are recovering the heat used in our processes. We cultivate a culture that prioritises our responsibility toward the environment, through training and continual review. We innovate to keep valuable resources in the circular economy, helping our customers meet their environmental goals.
Sustainable Raw Materials.
Metamark’s supply chain works with industry bodies committed to delivering raw materials on a sustainable basis avoiding hazardous materials and operating in full compliance with REACH and RoHS legislation. In addition to delivering recyclable products to the end user, we are progressing toward making Metamark carbon-neutral.
Metamark is a manufacturer and its production facility is making progress toward Zero-To-Landfill operation. We are managing single-use plastics out of our business. Our production processes today produce little waste that can’t be recycled into useful articles that can themselves be recycled time and time again.
All manufacturing VOCs removed
Our manufacturing process operates under strict environmental governance. It is registered with the UK Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR), an environmental database of potentially hazardous chemical substances and/or pollutants released to air, water and soil, and transferred off-site for treatment or disposal. All VOCs produced during the manufacturing process are removed using Regenerative Thermal Oxidisers (RTO).
Energy Efficient Manufacturing.
We have invested to create an energy efficient manufacturing process. Solar panels at our production plant achieve a weighted average solar generation of approximately 40% of our total electricity demand. Our Regenerative Thermal Oxidisers (RTO) are self-maintaining when in operation requiring no external energy.
Circular Recycling for Vinyl Liveries and Graphics.
MetaStream®is a certified closed-loop recycling1 initiative that that recovers all production waste and end-user products produced using qualified Metamark products, turning them into useful articles that can themselves be recycled time and again. This circular recycling initiative has far-reaching scope for application keeping valuable resources out of landfill and incineration streams and enabling environmentally responsible operation and growth of the signage, graphics and allied industries.
MetaStream® is currently only available in the UK.
In partnership with Climate Partner, one of the leading carbon offset organisations, Metamark is proudly achieving a carbon neutral status on selected products within it’s MetaStream Ready™️ range. This carbon offset initiative sees Metamark directly fund Climate Partner project #1258, a wind energy project in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Several small wind farms in the districts of Shimoga and Chitradurga generate clean electricity with a total of 34 turbines and a total capacity of 56 MW, which is fed into the Indian grid. The low-emission technology thus contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gases. Follow the link below to see the impact this carbon offset is having.
Like you, we put care of the environment front and centre. Our manufacturing is ISO 14001 accredited. Our innovation delivers materials that support closed-loop recycling options at the end of their lives. More of our power needs are met by renewable resources than ever before.
