HP has announced new updates to help reduce the environmental impact of HP Indigo digital prints. Some of the new updates include new trials that conclusively demonstrate the deinkability of HP Indigo prints in typical Graphic Arts Paper deinking mill configuration, and fully recyclable packaging for ink cartridges.
Every now and then I come across a study that flies in the face of conventional beliefs. This one in particular interested me because of our ongoing campaign to remove “anti-paper” green claims used to promote “lower cost” electronic billing. Let’s take a look.
Domtar Corp.'s The Paper Trail Website now features a new tool that will now include even more papers from the environmentally and socially responsible EarthChoice product line. Users can also browse two more Domtar facilities—the Hawesville, KY, and Marlboro, SC mills—to learn more about their histories, as well as their community outreach efforts.
Facing demands for deep cuts in CO2 emissions, Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) decided to see if technological change could yield more than just marginal improvements. It set up two teams of scientists and businesspeople, each under a former chief executive (of Smurfit Kappa, the fourth-largest European papermaker, and Mondi, the fifth).
The teams set up a common knowledge base because the idea was to test creativity, not proprietary information. They also sought ideas from outsiders with carbon-reduction programs, such as Tata Steel.
Each team came up with four ideas. On November 27th a jury chose a winner.
To further improve upon and simplify the recycling process for customer consumables, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. has added enhancements to the Konica Minolta Clean Planet Recycling Program. The program helps reduce the overall ecological footprint via a streamlined return and recycle process.
A new straw alternative to papers made from ancient and endangered forests is hitting the North American market. Four of Canopy's leading printer partners are now offering Prairie Paper’s new Step Forward Paper Professional Grade 60 percent wheat straw uncoated folio sheet for use by book and magazine publishers and for marketing purposes.
The SONORA Plates from Kodak eliminates the need for water to process before they are put on the press. Based on sales projections, Kodak estimates that in the next year, use of SONORA Plates could be directly responsible for saving up to 265 million liters of water.
Appleton Coated has been recognized as one of 25 companies recognized worldwide by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for its environmental transparency leadership as demonstrated by its voluntary participation in the WWF Environmental Paper Company Index (EPCI) 2013.
Agfa Graphics created a global Sustainability Awards program at the beginning of 2013 that recognizes and honors companies that integrate, support and promote sustainably sound practices. Six winners were chosen from entries submitted throughout the worldwide graphic arts market.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A.'s parent company Konica Minolta, has joined the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), a coalition of about 90 leading global electronics companies that seeks to improve efficiency and social, ethical and environmental responsibility in the global supply chain.
