Environment

The changes would have impacted the production of £1bn of print

Inkjet drug regs changes scrapped

Industry bodies have welcomed the government’s decision to can looming regulation changes which threatened to effectively ban certain ingredients crucial to the manufacture of inks and press...

SBT: Healeys is targeting a 42% reduction in carbon output

Healeys claims first with SBT

Healeys Print Group has chosen Earth Day 2022 to announce that it has become the first SME printer in the UK to gain approval for its Science Based Targets (SBT) to reduce emissions.

Consumers are prepared to pay more

FSC: consumers increasingly aware of sustainable packaging

UK consumers have become significantly more aware of the environmental impact of the products they buy, according to research from environmental charity the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

The laboratory advances DS Smith’s research in alternative fibres

DS Smith supports customer sustainability with new lab

DS Smith has opened a new Fibre and Paper Development Laboratory at its flagship Kemsley Paper Mill in Kent.

The company has been using sustainably sourced paper stock in production for several years

Visual Print and Design secures FSC membership

Visual Print and Design has been admitted into membership of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody Group Scheme.

Charles Linney, at the back, planting the first oak with his two children and Sherwood Forest Trust CEO Patrick Chandler

Linney latest to embark on tree planting drive

Linney has launched an initiative to plant 25,000 trees in its home county while other industry firms also do their bit to support local and national tree planting schemes.

The Fashtech Innovation Centre was unveiled at events held last week

Kornit Digital and Fashion-Enter open UK innovation centre

Kornit Digital and not-for-profit social enterprise Fashion-Enter have opened a new innovation centre in London.

PopHeads 3D tiger: sustainable craft for kids

StackaWraps takes 3D know-how into mass market

StackaWraps has scored a major coup for its new PopHeads pop-out posters after National Geographic included a 3D tiger in its Kids magazine.

Walstead can provide customers with a carbon figure for every job

Walstead signs up to ClimateCalc

Walstead Group is now using the ClimateCalc tool to calculate the carbon footprint of the work it produces.

The cartons come in 500ml, 1 litre and 2 litre sizes

Morrisons makes milk packaging switch

Supermarket Morrisons is claiming a first after switching its own-brand milk to cartons from plastic bottles.