Environment

Wiltshire-based Superior Creative Services has become the first UK printer to invest in the Avalon N8-50 - part of Agfa's latest series of platesetters.

Envirowise has launched Rippleffect - a resource efficiency initiative that aims to warn printers about the millions of litres of water that are wasted daily in the industry.

PaperCo's digital display division Europoint Display has launched a range of initiatives in response to rising demand by blue chip companies for greener materials.

Paper merchant Antalis has produced a new copy of its environment brochure, the Antalis Environmental Policy, which outlines details of paper's environmental impact and how it can be managed.

Peterborough-based Printondemand-worldwide.com (POD) has launched its Eco-book as part of an initiative to become a "carbon-positive company".

Suffolk printer and publisher, Southwold Press, has been awarded a government grant towards the purchase of a Presstek Vector TX25 platesetter, due to its environmentally friendly credentials.

Agfa Graphics has gained recognition for its waste-cutting projects by scooping a Business Commitment to the Environment (BCE) Leadership award.

WWF and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency were two of the key companies that attended Curtis Fine Papers' recent environmental forum.

Media Paper Management (MPM) has launched the 3R range - the specialist paper supplier's first collection of environmental papers aimed at the publishing sector.

Arjowiggins has launched Satimat Green and announced that its Maine gloss Chromomat & Satimat (MCS) products have become FSC certified.