WASHINGTON, D.C.—Printing’s strengths as a sustainable and environmentally responsible medium will be explored and promoted in a new position paper that is being developed by The Print Council. Created for use by the printing industry, the report is scheduled for release at PRINT 09, a premier industry trade show, which takes place in Chicago September 11-16.
The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership welcomes the addition of INX International Ink Co. to the SGP Patron program as a Bronze Patron. INX International Ink Co. joins numerous other companies that have demonstrated their commitment to sustainability by becoming an SGP Patron.
HARTSVILLE, S.C.—Sonoco announced that it is voluntarily working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from its manufacturing plants in the United States and Canada by 15 percent during the next five years.
PITTSBURGH—Printing Industries of America unveiled “The Green Guide for Graphic Communications: Growing and Profiting through Sustainability,” a free, members-only online resource to help printers and packaging houses capitalize on their environmentally-responsible performance.
NORTH AURORA, Ill.—As a result of light-related electricity reduction at its facility here, Interfilm Holdings Inc. has received Orion Energy Systems’ Environmental Stewardship Award. Orion presents the award to companies that achieve significant environmental benefits through the use of Orion’s energy-efficient products and systems.
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Diamond Packaging announced that it appears on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) new Top 20 Printers List of the largest green power purchasers in the commercial printing business.
At a conference on release liners held last year, Corey Reardon, CEO of industry consultant AWA Alexander Watson Associates (www.awa-bv.com), commented, “We must not forget that the release liner industry is a producer of waste material after a self-adhesive application is completed. As it positions itself for the future, this becomes more and more of a critical issue.”
CHICAGO-Channeled Resources Group was awarded L.I.F.E. (Label Initiative for the Environment) certification after successfully completing an audit conducted by NSF International Strategic Registration in early June.
VALHALLA, N.Y.—FUJIFILM recently announced that its primary U.S. manufacturing complex, located in Greenwood, S.C., has begun using methane gas from a local community landfill to power approximately 40 percent of its operations. Company officials joined local government leaders and guests to celebrate the project’s completion at the Greenwood County Landfill.
CHICAGO—Channeled Resources Group was awarded L.I.F.E. (Label Initiative for the Environment) certification after successfully completing an audit conducted by NSF International Strategic Registration in early June.
