Environment

New industry body to tackle environment

A working group has been set up to look at environmental issues relating to the print industry.

Amicus supports safety review

Amicus has thrown its weight behind print industry skills council Proskills' major health and safety review.

Polestar Petty lands green scheme double

Polestar Petty has become the third site within the Polestar group to achieve Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody certification and the second to gain Programme for the Endorsement of...

Technology Report: Packaging

Cutting back on packaging, and non-recyclable, non-degradable ingredients in packaging, are key to saving the planet from death by landfill.

Langstane picks up ISO 14001

Langstane Press has achieved ISO 14001.

Government launches online waste directory

NetRegs, the government website that provides guidance on environmental regulations, has launched a waste directory.

API poised to launch bio lamination film

Macclesfield-based API Laminates is set to launch a laminate that will biodegrade in landfill.

Environment charities unveil print website

Print buyers are to be targeted by a new website launched by charities Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth (FoE), which will help them to source more environmentally friendly print.

CFH celebrates a decade of Toptree

CFH Total Document Management in Bath is celebrating 10 years of its Toptree Initiative.

XPO Innovate trialling greener plastic for PoS

Leeds-based display printer XPO Innovate is hoping to improve the green credentials of large-format print by testing a prototype point-of-sale (PoS) substrate made entirely of recyclable plastics.