Conservation Is Key

A number of printers and suppliers support the burgeoning green movement as they make their operations more sustainable.

Smart Papers recycles 100% of its coal-fired boiler ash. The company expanded its Genesis paper line (shown) with new 100%-PCW and FSC-certified selections. Genesis now offers 17 colors—including newly added Coco, Cranberry, Windsor Green, Dark Blue and Serious Black—and nine weights, ranging from 24 to 160 lb. Available finishes are Felt, Smooth, Vellum and Vertical.

New practices at The Paper Mill Store reduced annual natural gas usage by 1,250 therms, the equivalent of seven tons of CO2. The FSC Chain-of-Custody-certified paper supplier uses only Green-e certified wind power for electricity.

Consolidated Graphics, Houston, received FSC certification for all 68 of its facilities throughout the U.S. and Canada. The $1-billion commercial printer also announced a partnership with American Forests to contribute to reforestation efforts.

Commercial and packaging printer Disc Graphics, Hauppauge, NY, also achieved FSC certification. A recent purchase of 575,000 kilowatt hours of green power qualifies the firm as an EPA Green Partner.

Direct mail firm FCL Graphics, Chicago, switched to Genesis BRIGL blanket and roller wash—with 34.3 VOC grams/liter—and installed an energy-saving fountain solution management system, both from Amerikal, on its newest M1000BE heatset press.

Garden Grove, CA-based Money Mailer, another direct mail printer, says it hopes to finish converting to BRIGL wash by this month. www.thepapermillstore.com, smartpapers.com, cgx.com, fclgraphics.com, moneymailer.net (More in Great Print Sustained.)