Get green online

22 January 2009


Environmental research initiative Verdigris is encouraging those in the printing industry who want to know more about green issues to take advantage of its library of articles, news and reference links, now available online at www.verdigrisproject.org. This is an educational site where reference material and links to industry associations and environmental organisations are made freely available.

Written by experts in their fields, the articles cover topics relating to the environment, such as explaining the basics of carbon footprinting. There are also useful reference documents such as Heidelberg's Environmental Directions and Sustainability Report, plus news feeds from such as the New Scientist and Environmental Protection UK.

A directory of ISO14000 certified printers is being prepared, and there is no charge for compliant printers who want to be included in this directory.

“The printing industry must get much better at presenting its green credentials," says Laurel Brunner, managing director of Digital Dots, which is responsible for Verdigris. "Printing is not about dead trees, greasy ink and stinking landfills. This ugly image may have once been true, but it does discredit to an industry which has changed dramatically towards a greener future."

Verdigris is about sharing information so anyone with an interest in printing and the environment can provide material for the site.




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