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100% RECYCLABLE. MADE IN BRITAIN.

Printed Eco Cups
Cut the waste, keep the branding.

Printed eco cups let you take single-use plastic off your site without taking your brand off the bar. Moulded in the UK from 100% recyclable polypropylene, reused hundreds of times, then reground and remoulded at end of life.

MADE IN BRITAIN

The UK's Home of
Sustainable Cups

An eco cup shipped 8,000 miles has already spent most of its environmental advantage before it reaches your bar. Ours are moulded and printed in Stockton-on-Tees and delivered on UK pallets, so the footprint you report is one you can actually stand behind.

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Our printed eco cups

Printed eco cups manufactured in the UK from 100% recyclable polypropylene. One printed eco cup replaces hundreds of single-use cups. MOQ 50, 48hr express.

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Pint To Line (Single Colour)

Pint To Line (Single Colour)

Reusable, UK-made, single-colour printed

  • Capacity568 ml (Pint to line)
  • MaterialPolypropylene (PP), BPA-free
  • DishwasherYes

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£0.35

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Half Pint (Single Colour)

Half Pint (Single Colour)

Reusable, dishwasher safe, UK made

  • Capacity330 ml (Half pint to brim)
  • MaterialPolypropylene (PP), BPA-free
  • DishwasherYes

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£0.30

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Pint to Brim (Full Colour)

Pint to Brim (Full Colour)

Reusable, dishwasher safe, UK made

  • Capacity600 ml (Pint to brim)
  • MaterialPolypropylene (PP), BPA-free
  • DishwasherYes

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Confidential Info

Check the Bottom of Your Cup

For decades, we've been manufacturing cups for most UK suppliers—before they were bought out by French companies.

There's a good chance you've been using our cups all along.

UK Manufacturer

While competitors moved production to France for cheaper costs, we stayed committed to British manufacturing.

We May have made your cups

For years, suppliers slapped their brand on our products and charged you a markup. Cut out the middleman.

Better Quality, Factory Prices

Get the same exceptional quality you trust, now at factory-direct prices—typically 30% less.

100%
Recyclable PP5
200+
Uses Per Cup
0
Overseas Freight
50
Minimum Order
5-Star Rated

Trusted by Sustainable Events

Why green teams choose our printed eco cups

#1

I ordered reusable cups for my event and they were perfect. Great quality, durable, and the printing looked amazing. Guests loved them and they were a much better eco-friendly alternative to disposable cups. The ordering process was smooth and delivery was quick. I’ll definitely be buying again for future events.

AG

Andrew Gourley

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#2

Absolutely thrilled with my reusable cups! They were strong, beautifully printed, and a huge hit with guests. Such a great sustainable option compared to disposables. The whole process from ordering to delivery was smooth and fast.

ND

Nancy Davison

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#3

Really impressed with the branded cups we ordered. The quality is excellent, the printing looks fantastic, and everything arrived right when we needed it. Super easy company to deal with — highly recommend.

RS

Rebecca Stout

Verified Order
#4

Fantastic service from Printed-Cups. Artwork sorted Tuesday, paid Wednesday, and 2,000 cups delivered Thursday. Unbelievable turnaround.

LH

Laurence Herbert

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#5

Excellent service from beginning to end. I sent an enquiry for an urgent order and it was immediately followed up with a phone call.

G

Gayla

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#6

Shopped around thoroughly and found Printed-Cups to offer the best quality and service for our beach bar. Very impressed and highly recommended.

TH

Toby Hume-Rothery

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Printed eco cups being collected for washing and reuse
Printed eco cups being collected for washing and reuse
Technical Overview

What Makes an Eco Cup Genuinely Eco

Printed eco cups are branded reusable cups designed to remove single-use drinkware from an event or venue. Ours are moulded in the UK from 100% recyclable polypropylene, printed in-house, and built to be washed and re-served hundreds of times before they are recycled.

The word eco gets used loosely, so it is worth being precise. A compostable cup that goes in general waste is not an environmental gain — it needs industrial composting that most sites do not have. A recyclable cup thrown away after one drink is still one drink per cup. The environmental case for an eco cup rests almost entirely on reuse, which is why we build ours for 200 or more wash cycles rather than optimising for how they break down.

Material choice matters just as much. Our printed eco cups are a single polymer — PP5 polypropylene — with no laminate, liner or mixed-material coating. Because the artwork is fused into the wall by in-mould labelling rather than applied as a separate film, the whole cup goes into the same recycling stream. Cups with a plastic body and a paper or foil layer are far harder to process, which is how a lot of well-meaning drinkware ends up in landfill anyway.

Manufacturing location is the part most suppliers stay quiet about. A cup moulded overseas and shipped to the UK carries thousands of miles of freight emissions before it is used once. We mould, print and warehouse in Stockton-on-Tees, so the transport component of your eco friendly printed cups is a UK pallet delivery rather than a container crossing.

At end of life we can close the loop. Worn cups come back to our factory, get reground, and are remoulded into new stock. Combined with a deposit scheme and a wash point on site, that gives event organisers something genuinely reportable: a defined tonnage of single-use plastic removed, a recovery rate for the cups, and a material stream that stays in circulation.

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The Competitive Edge

100% recyclable PP5 — single polymer, no liner
Replaces hundreds of single-use cups each
Closed-loop take-back and regrind available
Manufactured in the UK — no container freight
Rated for 200+ commercial wash cycles
Supports deposit return and token schemes
UKCA marked pint and half pint measures
Evidence you can put in a sustainability report
Data Sheet

Printed Eco Cup Specifications

Specifications
Material
100% recyclable polypropylene (PP5), BPA free
Environmental Claim
Replaces 200+ single-use cups per unit
End of Life
Fully recyclable, closed-loop take-back available
Print Methods
Full-colour IML or single-colour screen print
Compliance
UKCA marked, food safe, UK manufactured
Minimum Order
50 units
Standard Lead Time
10 working days
Express Lead Time
48 hours on selected lines
Comparison

Why Choose Direct?

Manufacturer vs. Reseller

Recommended
Printed-Cups

Printed Cups

Factory Direct Pricing

  • 48-Hour Delivery
    Express manufacturing
  • UK Made
    Leeds-based Factory
  • Free UK Shipping
    No minimums
  • Quality Guarantee
    Total control
  • Direct Support
    Talk to makers

Generic Supplier

Middleman / Reseller

  • 4-6 Week Lead Time
    Outsourced delays
  • Marked-Up Prices
    Middleman fees
  • Shipping Charges
    Hidden costs
  • Variable Quality
    Unknown sources
  • Indirect Support
    Call center help
Limited Control

Got Questions?

Everything you need to know about our reusable stadium & event cups

Reuse, mostly. Our eco cups are rated for 200 or more washes, so one cup displaces hundreds of disposables. They are also moulded from a single recyclable polymer with no laminate, and they are made in the UK rather than shipped in from overseas.
Yes — 100%. They are moulded from PP5 polypropylene with the artwork fused into the wall, so there is no mixed-material layer to separate. The whole cup goes into the same recycling stream, and we offer a closed-loop take-back so worn cups come back to us to be reground.
For most events, yes. Compostable cups only deliver their benefit in an industrial composting facility, and if they go into general waste or mixed recycling they behave like contamination. A reusable eco cup gives a measurable reduction from the first reuse onward, with no special waste infrastructure required.
Yes. Full-colour IML gives you a 360° wrap, so many customers print return instructions, deposit information or a recycling message on the reverse alongside their logo. Artwork proofing is free.
By making them here. Moulding, printing and warehousing all happen at our Stockton-on-Tees factory, so there is no container freight in the supply chain. Delivery is a UK pallet movement, and end-of-life material can come back to the same site to be remoulded.
50 units, with no maximum in practice — the same lines run to 100,000 units and beyond. Standard lead time is around 10 working days, with 48-hour express available on selected lines.
Yes, and that is where they perform best. Charging a refundable deposit typically brings the large majority of cups back to the wash point. We can add unique QR codes if you want to run digital deposits or track recovery rates.
Yes. We can confirm material specification, manufacturing location, recyclability and expected wash-cycle life, which alongside your own recovery figures gives you a defensible set of numbers for a report or a sponsor pack.

Still Unsure?

Our technical team is standing by to help with your event logistics.

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Eco Credentials That Survive Scrutiny

Printed eco cups you can defend in a sustainability report

Real Reduction

Displaces Single-Use Entirely

One printed eco cup in a return scheme replaces hundreds of disposables. That is a measurable reduction in waste tonnage rather than a swap from one throwaway material to another.

Single Polymer

100% Recyclable PP5

Our eco cups are moulded from a single polypropylene polymer with no mixed-material liner or laminate, which is precisely what makes them straightforward to recycle at end of life.

Circular

Closed-Loop Take-Back

When your cups finally reach the end of their life we can take them back, regrind them and mould them into new cups — keeping the material in circulation instead of in a waste stream.

UK Made

No Overseas Freight

Because we manufacture in Britain, your eco cups do not arrive by container ship. Shorter supply chain, lower transport emissions, and a footprint you can evidence to a sponsor or a local authority.

UK MADE
Uk Manufacturered
UKCA Marked
Safety Compliant
BPA Free
Food Grade PP
5.0/5 Rating
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