Environment

We recycle everything we can at Bishops Printers. From aluminium plates and metal ink tins to plastic ink cartridges, left over ink, paper, cardboard, plastic wrapping and even wooden pallets.

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Our Promise To You

Being careful with the environment is a responsibility we take seriously. That’s why we’re committed to continually improving our environmental performance by:

Ensuring we comply with existing and future environmental legislation.
Identifying harmful environmental effects that arise from our business and seeking to reduce them.
Re-using and recycling all materials wherever practical.
Providing environmental training for our staff and encouraging them to apply good environmental practice.
Working and liaising with everyone who has an interest in our company and the environment (our customers, suppliers, our own staff and the environmental agencies).
Discussing environmental issues regularly at the highest management levels.
Encouraging our suppliers and customers to adopt the best possible environmental practices.

FSC® Certified

At Bishops Printers, we only use FSC® certified paper. The Forest Stewardship Council’s certification system verifies sustainable sourcing of forest products and ecosystem services at every step of the value chain, from forest to consumer.

As an FSC-certified printer, we can help you maintain the FSC chain of custody through your printed materials by adding the FSC logo, along with our license code (FSC-C141094).

Using the FSC Logo on Your Print

The FSC has strict guidelines on how its logo appears on printed products, including size, placement, and treatment. Any artwork featuring the FSC logo must be approved before printing.

While the FSC itself doesn’t handle approvals, this process is managed by Soil Association Certification Ltd. As part of our certification, Bishops Printers handles this approval on your behalf, ensuring compliance. The process is quick – typically taking just one working day – so there’s no delay to your print schedule.

Minimising Our Environmental Impact

Paper

Bishops’ FSC certified house stock does not use chlorine in the bleaching process. The paper mill itself is one of the most efficient and environmentally sound mills in the world; 60% of its electricity is produced onsite and 80% of its energy is bioenergy. We recycle all wastepaper at Bishops.

Aluminium plates

All used plates are collected by our licensed waste carrier and are recycled. No plates are stored and they are all remade, therefore reducing the use of chemicals to clean and reuse them.

CTP (Computer-to-Plate)

All plates are produced using our Computer-to-Plate machines, thus reducing the use of film and the chemicals required for them.

Ink tins

These are crushed and recycled. The inks used are vegetable-based.

Plastics

All plastic ink containers and plastic protective wrap from paper pallets are crushed and collected for recycling.

Waste

Waste is segregated, recycled and reused. All chemicals are collected by J&G Environmental, accredited waste disposal experts. They then dispose of them in the most environmentally-friendly way.

Lighting

We have replaced our fluorescent and halogen factory lights with LED lighting, reducing our carbon footprint by 462,826 Kg per year.

Sustainable energy

More than 1,500 solar panels cover our 85,000 square foot roof, reducing our use of fossil fuels and our carbon footprint by offsetting 2,842 tonnes of CO2 per year. We continue to reduce our energy consumption by upgrading to energy efficient machines as part of our annual capital investment programme, and by installing a voltage optimiser which restricts our energy consumption.

Other

Our plate-making machinery uses water technology to reduce the use of chemicals. When purchasing our latest 10-colour presses, we chose to invest in Inpress Control, which cuts our start-up waste by one third. As existing machines are replaced, we will continue to minimise waste by purchasing Inpress Control, which is an optional extra.

Client Reviews

I would very much like you to produce this for us as I trust your quality and reliability which will be important as the timelines on this are critical.

Both jobs look amazing. Many thanks to you and all in the team there. And, of course, for doing such a quick turnaround.

Thank you for being a decent supplier for us. You’ve definitely helped tighten up this side of the business, so I’m very grateful.

Sensational job, and I could not have been in better hands. Congratulations to Bishops and the team. It’s a credit to all. Thanks a million.

The print and finishing is great and you turned it around and delivered in perfect time. So big, massive thank you for sorting.