August 2008
4 From the Top
6 Upfront
12 Carbon Law
The UK is about to get the world’s fi rst
law requiring companies to reduce
their carbon footprint and printers
are not going to be able to escape the
implications of the change
18 Need to know
Carbon footprints explained: Where to
start and what to do to cut back on carbon
dioxide emissions, with the PAS 2050
standard to the fore
26 Innovations
German company VEGRA has developed
an emissions-free cleaning system that
not only removes accumulated ink and
grime, but does so without creating huge
volumes of waste
30 Dispatches
The round-up of steps taken
by companies to improve their
environmental standing including how
Matthews the Printers is working with
Komori
32 Certified print
The UK’s most comprehensive listing
of print companies having achieved
recognised environmental performance
criteria and what the standards mean
44 Printers to tread lightly
Print companies may take a welltrodden
path to cutting their own carbon
emissions, but in delivering a job with
a lower carbon footprint, fi nd that the
profi le of paper is not what it should be
52 Paper coming into gear
The paper industry is slowly getting to
grips with understanding the carbon
footprint of the product is supplies.
Many mills have investing in cleaner
energy, reducing the overall impact
of the industry, but information
about individual paper grades is not
standardised
72 Carbon as a tool for print management
The corporate world, which is the
customer base for print management
companies, is increasingly conscious of
its environmental image. Consequently
print managers are putting pressure on
printers to provide carbon footprint data
78 Paper 2008
The most comprehensive directory of
papers that are available to printers and
print buyers
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