Environmental
Environmentally friendly design & print
MTP is an environmentally aware company. We try to maintain a high level of awareness and pro-activity with regard to environmental issues. Our location in Kendal, on the edge of the glorious Lake District, means the environment is always forefront in our minds.
Over the years we have continually strived to reduce our environmental impact, with projects both large and small.
Over the last five years we have been replacing all our internal lighting with LED. The move away from outdated florescent tube lighting has reduced our energy usage on lighting by over 70%. All our paper and card waste is collected and recycled by a reputable waste management company.
On top of this, replacing older machines has substantially reduced our chemical usage in the press room and pre press over a number of years. When it comes to printing, we are a member of several carbon offsetting programmes.
The carbon produced in the transportation and conversion of paper we purchase is offset by planting trees in the UK and in specific projects around the world. You can read more about them here:
We have made our process as environmentally friendly as possible by using vegetable oil based inks and sustainably sourced paper. There is often a misconception about paper and its environmental impact. All the paper we use is predominantly sourced from Europe, is subject to strict standards and is hugely sustainable.
A Big Green Investment!
In February 2022 we made a large investment in solar panels, installing a 40kw system on the factory roof.
This has need been running for 2 years, and we are seeing significant electrical production from the system.
In the summer we generate over 80% of the electricity we use on site, into the winter months this does drop as we are located in the north.
However we are seeing the system supplying well over 40% of all the power we use in the factory over a year.
Which means we are running on clean solar energy for a large amount of time.