GREENER PRINTING

The truth is that the print industry is hugely energy-hungry, uses high volumes of solvents and produces massive levels of waste.

Print is the UK's 6 th biggest manufacturing industry, turning over in excess of £10 billion per year.

Printing also has the lowest take-up of environmental policies of any major industry

However - the general apathy of the industry as a whole shouldn't blind us to the greener changes that some pioneering printers have adopted.

Recent times have seen the development of;

•  Waterless printing, which uses resin and eliminates the need for IPA solvents- dramatically minimising VOC emissions and water consumption.

•  Recycling of waste solvents where chemical solvents for cleaning print presses were previously disposed of as hazardous waste, they can now be re-used safely and almost indefinitely