Sustainable Practices at In-plants
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31% of in-plants have implemented new processes to improve sustainability. This was one of the findings in a new IPG survey conducted to gauge the importance of environmental sustainability at in-plants.
Among the actions in-plants have taken to be more sustainable are repurposing scrap paper (89%) and encouraging customers to use less paper (56.5%) even when this means less print work for the in-plant. This might mean suggesting a smaller run length, printed on demand, or duplexing a job.
Some in-plants have added app design services to enable customers to print less. More than a quarter employ software on fleet devices that requires users to swipe a card before their job is printed, reducing the waste of printed jobs that are never retrieved. And 11% are using electric vehicles or even bicycles to deliver work.
These findings, and many others, will be discussed by IPG Editor Bob Neubauer in an upcoming webinar titled "Sustainability: Green Strategies for Your In-plant," taking place March 23 at 2 p.m. EST. Using new IPG research, Neubauer will reveal some of changes in-plants are making to be more sustainable, and then speakers from Cigna Output Distribution Services and IWCO Direct will discuss sustainable practices at their print operations and offer ideas of ways your in-plant can be more environmentally conscious
