Business Management - Sustainability

In this partnership, Domtar has committed to working with local small forest landowners to plant two trees for every registration made for the 2023 PRINTING United Expo.

Furthering Canon U.S.A.'s sustainability initiatives, employees at the Canon Americas headquarters in Melville, New York were invited to bring in gently-used books for a program run by Book Fairies. The company contributed 470lbs. of donated books for people in need.

As U.S. consumers become increasingly aware of the environmental impacts of the products they use, there remains a wide gap between perception and reality when it comes to the sustainability of paper products. A new survey details this misunderstanding.

Sustainability is a hot topic among college students, who are willing to spend 10% more for sustainable products. In one ACUP+ session, Dylan Turner of Northern Arizona University detailed how his in-plant is getting ahead of this trend and decreasing its carbon footprint.

A new flexible magnetic material that is free of PVC, phthalate and halogen content, has come to market, suitable for use with UV, latex, and eco-solvent inks.

In a last minute and shocking action by the Washington State legislature, a bill making its way through the legislative process was amended to include a ban of all printing inks and paints that use chlorinated pigments. If this ban were enacted, it would have a devastating impact on the printing industry.

Despite the fact that the annual increase in U.S. tree volume is twice the amount harvested, some groups still bemoan that trees are chopped down to make paper and advocate using no wood fiber at all in paper – a practical impossibility. What are the facts?

Epson launched a three-year international partnership with the global conservation organization WWF to focus on forest restoration and conservation around the world.

Rounding out Tuesday was a keynote by Flexible Packaging Association president and CEO Alison Keane, who leveraged her experience as an environmental attorney in both the private and government sectors to bring clarity to extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws being implemented at a quick pace by states.

HP's Removable Adhesive Fabric now comes in a version made from recycled water bottles and coating materials. It can be mounted to indoor or outdoor surfaces without leaving a residue.