Unprecedented FESPA success for IGS UK’s Elements 'green' printer range
Following its successful attendance at FESPA, IGS UK has announced that the launch of its Elements green wide-format printing solutions met with unprecedented approval from end users and distributors world-wide. The company’s Atom printers, which incorporate Epson MicroPiezo TFP print-heads, combined with proprietary H2O water-based durable inks, Krypton Eco-Media materials and Chromium RIP, generated high […]
Digital printing just got greener
In a world-first, HEXIS has launched a 100% latex digital print film in what is the first truely green step away from solvent-filled PVC. Our MD Noel, is fresh from the Hexis distributors conference in France, where the boffins wrapped a vehicle in this new latex film and he was amazed at the print quality and how conformable […]
Global Design Organizations Partner to Launch Online Community for Sustainable Design
The design community is invited to co-create for the collective good with the debut of The Living Principles for Design website, the online home for the sustainability framework created in October 2009. The new portal is intended to give the creative community a place to share and showcase best practices, tools, stories and ideas for […]
Which Certification Scheme Will Win in the Boreal Agreement?
The ink is hardly dry on the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement CBFA, and already proponents of the various certification factions are claiming victory for their favored schemes. All the hoopla whirls around a covenant in the CBFA that the parties industry and ENGOs will join together to develop ecosystem-based management guidelines for more than 72 million hectares […]
College of Print and Paper
Green Forest University “College of Print & Paper” is offering its first workshop in partnership with Pacific Printing and Imaging Association PPI that will focus on sustainability and green printing. This is a valuable opportunity to learn about sustainable printing, environmentally friendly paper choices and how to make the right decisions and avoid hidden landmines. […]
Genetically Modified Paper On It's Way
ArborGen received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to plant a quarter million genetically modified eucalyptus trees in an effort to increase paper production, according to an Associated Press report. According to the report, ArborGen is a South Carolina-based biotech joint venture between International Paper, MeadWestvaco and Rubicon, and plans to plant the altered in […]
Eco banners
Starflex has commenced a program to develop environmentally responsible banner materials across its range. The first in its range to fall under the environmentally responsible range is Starflex Textile which from now on will be free from PVC, heavy metals, fungicides, phthalates and will emit zero VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds). The company also states that […]
Starbucks Challenges Paper Cup Waste via Sustanability Design Contest
Starbucks Challenges Paper Cup Waste via Sustanability Design Contest. Yesterday the winner of The Betacup Challenge, a Starbucks-sponsored design contest held to tackle the overwhelming amount of coffee cup waste accrued each year, was declared. The winning entry (see below), which was chosen by a jury of designers, engineers and entrepreneurs out of a pool of […]
37% of Retail Products Sold in Sustainable Packaging by 2015
In 2010, 27% of products at major US retailers are estimated to have sustainable packaging. By 2015, this figure is projected to reach 37%, according to the latest issue of EL Insights. “Sustainable packaging” has been regarded as pleonastic because packaging by definition should be functional, efficient, and cost- effective. Only recently, escalating environmental pressures […]
Dead Tree Edition: Federal Subsidy For Green Printing To Be Proposed
Federal Subsidy For Green Printing To Be Proposed Dead Tree Edition: Federal Subsidy For Green Printing To Be Proposed. A prominent print-buying organization is about to propose legislation that would provide U.S. government subsidies for “green” printing – an interesting idea that could lead to even more interesting debates. Here’s an excerpt of a message […]
The Millcraft Group Launches "Do You Know The Facts?"
Do You Know The Facts? is an ongoing educational campaign to raise awareness about the environmental and business benefits of print on paper. There is the widespread misunderstanding that print and paper are harmful to the world’s eco-system and an ineffective means of marketing communication – both are false. The intent is that once you […]
IGS release further detail on totally green Elements printers, inks and materials
As an important part of the build-up to its first appearance as an exhibitor at FESPA, IGS UK has now revealed that its Elements family of green wide-format printers will make its international debut at the event. These new machines have been designed to incorporate water-based, yet durable, eco-friendly ink formulations with the added benefit […]