Recycle your cards

We're taking steps to reduce the environmental impact of our cards.

• We’re reducing the impact of our cards. All newly issued Santander cards are made from 100% recycled PVC, helping reduce the need for new plastic and the energy used to make our cards.
• You can recycle bank cards at selected Santander branches. You can recycle a card from any provider, and you don’t need to be a Santander customer. 
• Our card recycling machines make it simple and secure. In participating branches, you can shred an expired or unwanted card before it enters the recycling process.
• The shredded material is then recycled. The plastic and metal are separated, and the plastic is processed into recycled material that can be used to make new products.
• We’ve extended how long our cards are valid for. This means we need to replace fewer cards, helping reduce the number of new cards we produce and issue.  

We're also making our cards easier to use and identify

• Square notch. Our credit cards have a square notch in the bottom left corner to help blind and partially sighted customers identify the card type and the correct orientation.
• Cards are colour-coded. Debit cards are red, credit cards are black and cash cards are blue.