Printing Green
Global Elements recognizes the need to be a driving force for environmental awareness by pushing sustainability in all aspects of our day to day manufacturing. By establishing long term relationships with the most progressive paper, ink and equipment vendors in the industry, Global Elements makes it easy for you to print “GREEN”!
We’ve chosen to use soy & vegetable based inks and many paper stocks containing 10-30% PCW Recycled content. Add one of our 100% biodegradable water based coatings to your custom-printed project to give it a polished look.
Full Color Offset Printing Inks
Global Elements does not use traditional, cheaper petroleum based inks. Global Elements uses soy and vegetable based inks. It is formulated without petroleum ink solvent, as well as having no volatile organic compound related problems, making it an environmentally friendly choice.
Biodegradable Cleaning Solutions
Global Elements only uses 100% biodegradable, organic solvent for reclamation and breakdown, in place of cheaper, hazardous mineral spirits.
Facts About Paper and Paper Recycling
- Recycled paper is made to the same standards as paper made from virgin pulp. In addition, recycled paper has features which make it more desirable than virgin paper, such as being more opaque, dense, and flexible.
- Every ton of paper that is recycled saves: 17 trees + 7,000 gallons of water + 4,200 kilowatt hours of energy + 410 gallons of fuel.
- Every ton of recycled paper saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.
- By 2012, the paper industry’s goal is to recover 55% of all the paper Americans consume for recycling, which is approximately 55 million tons of paper.
- More than 37% of the fiber used to make new paper products in the United States comes from recycled sources.
- 86% (approximately 254 million) of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs.
- Nearly 218,000 tons of shredded paper is used each year for animal bedding.
- In the U.S., more than one-third of the fiber used to make new paper products comes from recycled paper.
