The Cary Arms Hotel & Spa – Sustainability & Social Responsibility

Our achievements so far include:

  • We are committed to eliminate single use plastics by replacing plastic straws with a paper option and we  have removed all single use water bottles from the hotel. 

  • All our guests are provided with complimentary still and sparkling glass water bottles within their bedroom. These are replenished during the daily service if required. These have previously been single use plastic or glass bottles delivered in from our suppliers. In 2019 we invested in a state of the art water filtration system which now provides mineral water quality still and sparkling water right on site from our mains supply. This water is used to fill our 100% reusable, glass Cary Arms branded bottles. With over 5,000 room nights per year this is up to 10,000 single use bottles that no longer need to be either thrown away or recycled. In addition, this has removed the carbon emissions that were previously required to ship these water bottles from manufacturer, to wholesaler, to us and then on to the waste processing site! 

  • We have been making our lighting more energy efficient throughout the site, although this has initially been a massive investment it is already reaping rewards. Conventional lighting is being replaced by LED and both dusk to dawn and movement sensors have been replacing the conventional on off switch wherever possible throughout the hotel.

  • You’re one of the forward thinking, environment loving and carbon emission reducing crowd that now head off on holiday in your electric car? No problem, use our state of the art, Pod Point charger to get the required juice for your drive home.

  • In Summer 2020, we purchased our new full electric Nissan ENV-200 Combi, replacing yet another petrol vehicle from our fleet, that’s now us fully electric and another tonne of carbon saved!

  • The expansion and continued establishment of our on site herb garden means that most of the herbs used by Chef in your meals and by our mixologists behind the bar are now grown on site.

  • Some of our Christmas Trees we use each year are now the same trees every year! Some of the smaller trees are kept on site year round and looked after in house, the larger trees are brought to us each December and taken away each January, expertly looked after and brought back to us the following Christmas.

  • Our new relationship with a local brewery to produce ‘Sammy’s Ale’ is allowing us to support the RSPCA with 50p from every pint being donated to them. Sammy the Seal has been a valued member of our team for 10 years now but unfortunately both Sammy and his gang of friends have needed support from the RSPCA over the years, mostly due to issues with fishing lines, plastic waste and other problems created by us troublesome humans!

Please note that our Electric POD charger incures a standard charge of £25