At Gwent Crematorium, we constantly strive to minimise our environmental impact and have introduced the following internal policy to meet this aim.
 | We will use modern design machinery and smart working practises to minimise the consumption of precious fossil fuels and lower the emission of atmospheric pollutants including greenhouse gases. |
| We will ensure that the main method of interment of cremated remains at the crematorium keeps the land use to a minimum, whilst leaving an attractive finished environment for visitors. |
| We will maintain our grounds as far as possible using organic and re-cycled products. |
| We will remove all mercury from the crematorium's emissions to the atmosphere by December 2012. To this end, major works will be taking place in 2012, to construct a large plant room, and to install the advanced machinery required to meet this aim. |
| We will use low energy lighting throughout the buildings and grounds to lower our energy consumption. |
| We will generate large amounts of compost from both our grounds and from memorial flowers, which will then be re-used on site - a closed loop of re-cycling. |
| We will arrange to receive enormous quantities of organic waste from local tree surgeons and stables, minimising land-fill from these external sources and providing major benefits to the environment by using these materials to improve our horticultural production and to increase the amount of wildlife via habitat improvement. |
| We will continue to be part of a national scheme to recycle metals recovered during cremation, led by the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM). This is non profit-making; all proceeds go back to death related national charities. |
| We will continue to heat our main buildings with high efficiency, condensing boilers, and incorporate heat recovery systems when practicable. |
| We will use low-emmisivity glass in all new windows to minimise heat loss. |
| We will work closely with local apiarists to help sustain the honey bee population, which is known to be under threat. |
| We will actively encourage wildlife by the a number of different methods: habitat piles; bird and bat boxes; feeding programs; and leaving sections of the grounds uncultivated to encourage natural bio-diversity. |
| We will provide as much of our literature as possible by electronic means, to minimise the use of paper, the production of which is both energy-intensive and polluting. |
| We will use bio-degradable containers for cremated remains. |