We print a lot and recycle a lot too! Based on our recycling
initiatives we save about 6,500 trees each year. We are
incredibly careful to maximize every bit of paper we work with
to reduce the amount we recycle. In fact, that is one of the
approaches we take that allows for our prices to be so low.
As
a part of our effort to reduce paper usage and waste in our
internal administrative activities, we also save more than 30
trees a year by virtue of office paper recycling, and
increased use of paperless communication methods.
In
addition to the paper we collect and recycle, most all the
papers we use for printing are recycled.
As a sustainable printing company, we are firm believers in
the environmental advantages of digital printing. In addition
to our full complement of multi-color offset presses, we also
employ state-of-the-art, digital printing presses that utilize
completely non-toxic, dry inks, and we recycle 100% of our
waste colorants and developers.
Our digital presses
run 80% quieter and use less electricity than an
equivalent-sized, conventional press with an IR dryer. We also
re-purpose nearly 30,000 BTU’s per hour of digital press
exhaust heat back into our building during the winter
months.
The big environmental advantage of digital
printing comes from its ability to reduce overall material and
energy consumption for printed materials, by printing only the
quantity needed, when needed. We also added marketing
solutions for our customers like Propensity Mailing so that
printed materials only reach interested individuals and are
less likely to end up in the trash. Also, by taking advantage
of the personalization capabilities of digital printing,
marketers can directly target their communications to
recipients who are most likely to respond. This prevents
mailings on a large scale where materials are sent to many
people who likely have no interests and may recycle the
material, or throw it away and it goes to a landfill.
