Environment

The print industry's environmental credentials have been lifted by the news that more than a third of companies accredited under a new corporate social responsibility (CSR) scheme offer printing...

Papermaker Sappi has tied with Beswick Paper to supply the South African manufacturer's new eco-friendly coated art paper, Triple Green.

Ancient House Press has installed barrel ink pumping on its 12-colour Mitsubishi Diamond press as part of an ongoing push to secure ISO 14001.

Eco-friendly grades are one of the most profitable areas in an otherwise bleak outlook for paper, according to a report by Markets Initiative.

Lincoln-based printer Ruddocks Print and Design has secured the ISO 14001 environmental standard for its on-going green efforts.

UPM has tied with waste management company Lassila & Tikanoja on a method for producing energy and ethanol from commercial and industrial waste, making it possible to produce biofuels in Europe...

HP will double the amount of recycled plastic used in its injket print cartridges this year, having overcome engineering hurdles that had stopped it from using multiple sources and grades of material.

PaperCo has launched a new business addition to its 9lives 'born again' range of recycled paper for transactional documents, corporate stationery and direct mail.

Paper companies have warned that the rising cost of raw materials and the introduction of an EU CO2 carbon emission trading scheme will raise prices and kill off profits.

Paper manufacturing in the UK fell in 2007, with a rise in the amount of recovered paper shipped to the Far East for recycling, new figures show.