Printers: Top 10 Green Practices
Courtesy of Bay Area Green Business Program
- Computerize pre-press operations to eliminate photochemicals and
saves water and energy
- Establish a solvent recycling program to reduce air pollution
- Use alcohol-free printing to impove air quality, improve worker health and safety,
and reduce chemical use
- Print on "treeless" and recycled content papers to save trees, energy, and water and reduce
landfill.
- Educate customers on "green printing" to prevent pollution and encourage resource conservation
- Use low VOC inks to reduce air pollution and improve employee safety
- Sequence print jobs by ink color to saves ink changes, labor, ink waste
- Establish inventory control to reduce waste
- Communicate without paper to reduce waste
- Use energy efficient equipment to save energy and money.
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