Capital toast Success with Decanter

For the 2nd year running, Decanter chose Capital to provide cleaning and waste management services at their annual wine awards, which took place at Marsh Wall, Canary Wharf.

A vital part of the service was cleaning and sanitising the equipment the judges used. With thousands of wines from across the world being tasted and judged at the awards event, it was critical that our sanitising and cleaning methods did not affect the judge's palate. CSS used products that provided an environment with zero aromas.

CSS engaged Glass Busters to remove the empty bottles from the site sustainably. The bottles are crushed on-site and then transported for recycling. By crushing the bottles on-site, it lessens the volume and, therefore, reduces the event's carbon footprint.

During the 15-day event, 18,000 wines were judged, over 2,000 visitors, including judges and staff, safely attended, and 9,000 disposable spittoons were recycled - containing 17,000 litres of wine.

Victoria Strange of Futurenet said,

"The Capital Support Services team were a pleasure to work with. While running the world's largest wine competition in COVID conditions, the reliability and swift action of the services team was crucial.

This amazing team maintained the highest level of professionalism throughout our 15day wine judging event."