Environment

Going greener

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien

According to Joerg Daehnhardt, director of product management for Heidelberg USA (Kennesaw, GA), reducing startup waste should be a top priority for environmentally...

Rethinking paper strategies

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Debora Toth

Transformation was the theme of the 2008 Recycled Summit sponsored by Boise Paper, which was held in Denver March 12-13, 2008. More than 100 managers...

Making the green scene

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Teaming with Premier sponsors Heidelberg and Kodak, AMERICAN PRINTER, in conjunction with the National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL), has...

100 Words or Less: Which environmental certification programs involve printers, and what type of printing operation is best suited to participate?

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

There are 46 forest certification programs, but only three are widely used by printers Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Sustainable Forestry Initiative...

Is your shop Chain of Custody certified?

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Tell us about it and enter AMERICAN PRINTER's Environmental Excellence Awards. See pg. 56 for details and an entry form....

Making the green scene

Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Katherine O'Brien KOB@americanprinter.com

Two years ago, I invited AMERICAN PRINTER readers to share their stories of environmental stewardship. Mercer Color (Coldwater, OH) was among the first...

About the environmental organizations

Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel

FSC The Forest Stewardship Council is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the independent certification of forests. FSC promotes responsible...

Green sheets

Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel

There's good news on the forestry front: The most recent U.S. Forest Service data confirms that the country's forestland is about as abundant today as...

EcoFriendly Paper

Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel

AbitibiBowater (Montreal) AbitibiBowater introduces EcoLaser, which uses 50 percent less wood fiber than freesheet bond papers. It is manufactured chlorine-free...

Sustainability products & news

Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM

VOC-free pressroom products Huber GmbH (Troisdorf, Germany) offers fountain solution additives, washers, cleaners and pressroom chemicals for printers...

Green company

Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Carrie Cleaveland

For many printers, the idea of altering operations to become environmentally friendly inspires fear as well as excitement. Some jump right into making...

Eco-friendly energy conservation at Druckhaus Dresden

Sep 7, 2007 9:52 AM

Pipe dreams

Apr 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien

Automatic paper recycling systems can be noisy. Like a huge vacuum cleaner, the system's conveyor tubes whisk paper waste from all over a plant. You can...

Green is the new CMYK

Aug 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien

Several readers responded to our call for green printers. We have no hazardous wastes at our facility, reports Dan Walker, quality system coordinator...