At Cardiff Balloons, our belief that we all have a responsibility to limit our impact on the environment. We try and make everyday changes to acomplish this. We are members of PEBA, NABAS and BAPIA. These groups have rules and regulations. These demonstrate some of our business practices and how we limit our impact on the environment.

As a business, we have taken the decision not to support the release of any balloon into the sky. Irrelevant if it is a biodegradable balloon or not. Litter is litter, what goes up must come down and so on. We ask all our customers both private and commercial, “please pin it and bin it “

We will happily advise how to dispose of your used balloon decorations.

Balloon Recycling

We have teamed up with Terracycle to offer 100% balloon recycling. We recycle all balloon displays that we dismantle and pop. 

Whilst technically latex balloons are biodegradable and will eventually decompose we think its better to offer a solution now and not wait for the biodegrading process. We can recycle all foil balloons, latex balloons, balloon packets etc etc.

Helium Or Balloon Gas

Balloon gas that is used by Cardiff Balloons ( often referred to as helium ) is not pure helium. Purest helium is used mainly in medical and scientific industries. Helium is used in MRI scanners and the like. However balloon gas is a by product of this helium. As cylinders of pure helium are filled. The escaped gas mixes with air and is captured and compressed into cylinders as balloon gas. Some manufacturers can capture this helium when filling MRI scanners. Manufacturers have stated that this wasted helium is considered a ‘recycled product’. As it would have been lost to the environment had it not been captured and re-purposed. If the balloon market demand declined, manufacturers would have to re-evaluate other markets and consider the possibilities of re-liquefying it. Re-liquefying is currently considered uneconomical from the locations of where the filling application take place.