The Environment | Envirnomental Printer | FSC Printer | Impress Print Services
Concern for the environment is a priority within our business. It is the policy of the IMPRESS PRINT SERVICES LTD to provide goods and services within an environmentally sound framework.
We are approved by the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC). The schemes were founded to support the world’s forests and provide an assurance mechanism to print buyers that they are purchasing stock from sustainable, well managed forests. Certification with FSC and PEFC ensures a 'chain of custody' through which the end paper product can be traced back to its source.
Why is this important?
There is not enough recycled paper to meet the demands of the paper users so it is important to know that when ordering print, you are still protecting the forests, environmentally, socially and economically for future generations. So when we print an FSC or PEFC logo on your work you can be assured that you too are supporting the world’s forests.
- We are accredited to the environmental standard ISO14001
- We only use vegetable based inks
- Waste paper is collected for recycling
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Our 'house paper' is a quality sheet which is:
- chlorine free, acid free, recyclable, bio-degradeable
- the mills used are certified to ISO 14001
- no wood from virgin rain forests are used
- the sheet is produced from well managed and sustainable plantations
- the solid waste residue is stored on site and taken by local farmers for use as land fertiliser
- the energy used in the production of the sheet is either gas or electricity from the mill’s own generators
- No film or associated chemicals are used
- We regularly assess the environmental impact resulting from our business operations
- We monitor and where possible reduce the impact of our activities on the local and general environment
- We are committed to reducing waste and the consumption of resources (materials, fuel and energy) and ensuring unavoidable waste is recycled, reused or recovered, where possible, or disposed of responsibly
Examples of our current initiatives include:
- Water conservation
- Increased volume of recycling of dry waste
- Increased use of recycled materials
- Reduction in landfill
- Reduction in the industrial alcohol used in the printing process
- Reduction in energy consumption
