Plastics out at Waitrose
1 July 2019
Waitrose has joined the growing list of retailers trialing new approaches to packaging.
Sustainability
Magic touch brought to bottles
26 June 2019
The Magic Touch has unveiled an image transfer process designed to decorate and personalise vaccuum bottles.
Ricoh awards sustainability prize
24 June 2019
It’s surprising that there are so few sustainability prizes that award cash, but Ricoh is leading the way, especially in the USA.
Soyang bags green deal for PVC with Blue Castle
18 June 2019
Soyang Europe has established a PVC print waste recycling partnership with waste management specialists Blue Castle Group.
Danish printing company building a circular economy
17 June 2019
There are signs that Circular Economy thinking is gaining traction in the printing business.
HP achieves green certification for inks
13 June 2019
HP Indigo digital printing inks have been certified by TUV Austria, which awarded the ‘OK Compost Home’ and ‘OK Compost Industrial’ marks.
Offsetting carbon
10 June 2019
For graphics businesses looking to satisfy their customers’ eco itches, try CarbonCo’s offsetting programme. This organisation works with the World Land Trust to provide money…
Composting plastic
3 June 2019
We’ve come across a rising number of compostable alternatives to plastic of late. The ideas are heading in the right direction, but there needs to…
Plastics and the circular economy
28 May 2019
By 2025 the European Union’s (EU) Circular Plastics Alliance expects ten million tonnes of plastic to be recycled every year.
European Union Ecolabel getting tighter
20 May 2019
Earlier this year the European Union (EU) published some updates to its ecolabelling criteria.
Round and round goes plastic and print
13 May 2019
The circular economy is rapidly moving from being the preserve of green activists and investors out into the mainstream. The idea that everything we use…
Paper industry lagging
7 May 2019
Sad to say the paper industry is still one of the world’s top polluters, alongside steel and energy producers.
New kit helps J&G fight plastic pollution
2 May 2019
J&G Environmental is stepping up its efforts to support more ethical print service providers in the fight against plastic pollution.
Substrate recycling innovations from print provider
29 April 2019
We tend to expect the makers of substrates to be the ones who come up with affordable and recyclable materials, but Australia’s Cactus Imaging is…