As a digital printer, CQ work with paper manufacturers to use recycled paper, and paper from farmed trees planted specifically to replace what was being used.

There’s a lot said about paper and how it affects our environment.

But did you know that the paper industry is one of those working hardest to preserve our precious natural resources?

Find out the facts at  Positive About Paper

As a footnote, CQ have also begun to focus on removing chemicals from the printing process where ever possible, replacing them with water based solvent free large format solutions, as well as soy and vegetable-based compounds for toner and paper dyes.

If your company would like to know more, call us for a free environmental morning tea shout. We’ll provide the food and let your staff know about the latest developments in environmental print and paper resources.

Topic: environmental

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An article recently posted on WhatTheyThink had a lot of thought provoking comments on the use of paper, environmental issues and the costs of outsourcing print. Highlights include:

Use of Paper

• According to new research, digital media is no substitute for traditional printed media.
• Most adults reported that they feel more comfortable when they have something on paper than when it’s on screen, suggesting that we make an instinctive association between things we can touch and feel and things that are ‘real’.
• Nearly two out of three (64 percent) workers prefer ink on paper to a computer screen when it comes to reading.
• You can exchange a dozen emails in the time it takes to find a stamp for your snail mail, but a handwritten birthday card in your mailbox somehow means more than an identically worded email in your inbox.

Environmental

• Two in three U.S. adults (67 percent) agree that they care more about saving money than "being green".
• BUT only 11 percent of employed adults report that their company is less likely to choose "green" products if it means spending more money.
• For many small businesses, outsourced printing is a cost-efficient way to be green.

Outsourcing Print

• In addition to investing in print hardware that rarely operates at capacity, otherwise cost-conscious businesses regularly find themselves paying more than they have to for ink, paper, and other consumables
• The cost of maintaining extensive in-house print capacity is compounded by gratuitous usage.
• Because printing out-of-house bears a more obvious – albeit lower – cost, it is rare to find people using a print shop unnecessarily.

The full article can be read here http://members.whattheythink.com/news/index.cfm?id=40687

Topic: business, environmental, savings

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