Environment

Staff at a pulp mill in South Africa, and up to 14 locals from the surrounding area, have had medical treatment following a sulphur dioxide gas leak.

Reprographics company Service Point has signed a national agreement with Shred-it, the provider of mobile on-site certificated document destruction.

James NcNaughton Group has unveiled Perfect Image - a white uncoated pre-print paper and board range that is available FSC-accredited.

Printoff Graphic Arts has achieved environmental standard ISO 14001 as part of plans to become FSC-accredited later this year.

Environmental guidance agency Netregs has said that 32% of SMEs fail to have any environmental policies or systems in place, and are "unlikely to develop them in the future".

Northend has said it is on the acquisition trail after bolstering its environmental offering with FSC and PEFC accreditations.

Commercial printer Nuprint has hit out at government recycling policies for trade waste.

The government has ambitious plans to cut carbon emissions by 60% by 2050. With the cost of environmental levies and checks set to rise in the coming years, what does a company need to know and how...

<i>As more and more companies roll out environmental policies, some commentators have suggested that printers in the south of the country may be more interested in greening up than firms in the north....