The 12 green printing guides that you must know

[China Packaging Network News] 1. Learn about the terms.

Must be familiar with the environmental terms related to the printing industry in order to facilitate the selection of environmentally friendly materials.

2. Protect and conserve resources.

According to estimates by the United States Environmental Protection Association, the United States cuts more than 1 billion trees each year to provide fiber for papermaking. This not only damages the forest, but also affects air quality and consumes water resources. One way to save resources is to use recycled paper to increase the utilization of post-consumer materials. Using recycled paper can reduce waste and reduce water and energy consumption.

3. Choose environmentally friendly ink

Solvent-based inks produce volatile organic substances. After throwing the paper printed with this ink into the garbage dump, toxic organic substances may infiltrate the soil, affect human health, and may cause cancer or other physiological diseases. This toxin will also be emitted into the air as the ink dries. Soybean ink is a very good environment-friendly ink with a low content of volatile organic substances. This kind of ink is not only environmentally friendly, but also has good printing quality and low cost. Newspapers, magazines, and many other prints can be printed using soy ink.

4. Digital printing

Experts in environmental protection in the paper and printing industry recommend digital printing. Because the digital printing process is short, four-color printing can be carried out. The printing range includes business cards, letter papers, advertising orders, and products with less than 1,000 copies of most jobs and 14 in. × 120 in. of format.

5. Select environmentally friendly paper. At present, there are many environmentally friendly papers on the market that can replace traditional paper.

6. Choose environmentally friendly bleach

Smooth and bright white paper usually needs to be bleached. Before choosing a paper, it is best to understand whether the paper's handling process meets environmental requirements. It is preferable to use PCF (chlorine-free), fHTCF (completely chlorinated) bleaching, ie bleaching using oxides instead of chlorides.

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7. Guide customers

Many companies have to deal with printing and packaging companies. For packaging and printing, some large companies are advocating the use of 100% recycled post-consumer materials. However, not all companies understand the concept of “green” printing. Printing companies can provide customers with some environmental advice.

8. Use environmental protection for actual production

9. Reduce costs

Some environmental protection products may be more expensive, but do not give up environmental protection because of cost constraints. Instead, we should creatively reduce costs. For example, the use of more expensive paper can save costs in other aspects; business cards and postcards can be arranged in a layout if the same recycled paper is used.

10. Understanding the meaning of the relevant standard mark of the relevant industrial standard

11. Design considers environmental protection

A good design not only looks attractive, but also versatile. Designers should consider the issue of waste. From an aesthetic point of view, a good design is very important. However, the design thing is to be thrown into the garbage dump. Even if the appearance is beautiful, it is not a good design. Waste recycling is necessary because it is too wasteful to be thrown away. If customers are unwilling to use recycled paper containing recycled waste paper, they can think of ways to reduce the number of pages. Of course, it is better to choose different paper according to different situations.

12. Broaden your knowledge

Environmental protection represents the trend and trend of new products and technologies. Although environmentally friendly design is challenging, it is absolutely feasible and highly rewarding. Printing companies can understand or learn from other companies' achievements in green printing, such as waterless printing, non-adhesive products, the use of recycled paper and synthetic paper, and centralized printing.