Environment
First apprentices join new Prinovis scheme
Prinovis UK has welcomed the first entrants to a new apprenticeship programme that provides structured training over four years.
FSC celebrates 20th year
The Forest Stewardship Council is celebrating its 20th anniversary today and has commended the print industry for its support.
Arjowiggins benefits from bag regs, extends range
Arjowiggins Graphic saw a three-fold rise in enquiries about paper suitable for making paper bags in the run-up to the introduction of the plastic bag charge in England.
Bag charge set to benefit UK industry
The effects of a new law that requires retailers with more than 250 staff to charge shoppers 5p for each ‘single-use’ plastic carrier bag will take time to filter through, but could benefit UK...
Why waste is a wasted opportunity
In recent years waste management has become a multibillion-pound industry. And print businesses like those in every other industry, perhaps more so than many others with its inks, chemicals, metals...
BPIF to hold colour management seminars
Cash savings to be eked out from good colour management are the focus of two BPIF-hosted seminars on ink, wastage and makereadies this month.
SO Recycle extends operations to printers
SO Group has expanded its recycling operations to help printers earn an income from their waste.
DEP reveals new thicker coated polypropylene
Specialist print-coatings company DEP is to launch a range of polypropylene substrates with eco-solvent coatings.
ESOS: benefit or burden?
When the government first floated the idea of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) back in 2012, it did so with the strap line: ‘Helping UK enterprises improve profitability through better...
Printers urged to use guide to sustainable paper supply
Two groups that promote sustainable working are calling on printers and other supply chain firms to hone procurement choices to protect woodlands and the locals who depend on them.