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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
The U. S. Postal Service recycled more than 200,000 tons of paper, plastics, and other waste in 2009. And the organization claims that represents a decrease in its greenhouse gas emissions of approximately 1.67 million barrels of oil. That's a good thing! The USPS' recycling enthusiasm may have gotten ...Monday, January 25th, 2010
Last October, we spotlighted Enviro Image Solutions (EIS), Vancouver BC, a company that turns used blankets into reusable blankets. EIS uses a patent-pending proprietary process that refurbishes dirty blankets used for UV printing and makes it possible to use them again and again. Some have been ...Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
OK, tell me... is this a "green" solution for graffiti artists, a way to refill spray cans, or could we do something else with it? Chris Burns, at Yanko Design, has discovered the designer of new technology that turns a single spray can into a "hand held" full color inkjet-type of ...Friday, December 18th, 2009
Today's quiz, students, contains a few stumpers (ha!) and trick questions. How much to you really know about the environmental impact of magazine publishing - and printing in general? By day, the pseudonymous D. Eadward Tree is a magazine manager dealing with such oh-so-20th Century concerns as printing, paper, and postage ...Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
The publishing industry is undergoing a lot of change; just read a few posts on Print CEO by Bob Sacks (BoSacks) and see how - and how fast! Or you could read any number of Pixels vs (and) Paper pieces that have appeard here on WhatTheyThink Going Green. Today we talk ...Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
We've been discussing Pixels vs. Print for weeks, and Richard Romano does a great job when he slices, dices, and skewers the argument that electronic media is somehow "greener" than print in How Green is My Media? There are times when the value of paper hits home - hard! Stephen Shankland, who ...Friday, July 31st, 2009
Warning, says Dennis Salazar, President of Salazar Packaging and author/compiler of this quiz. The word and name green - or greene, if you prefer the silent “e” - has been around for some time, one could even say for generations. So to solve this little quiz, you may need help ...Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
With nearly 30 titles on the Going Green "Recommended Reading" list, we knew it was time! Clearly you need to be able to easily find the books you want to learn more about; so we've done that! With the simple hyper-linked list, you can just click on the title and go ...Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Digital print on demand has been around for decades, pretty much since Xerox launched the 9700 in the 1970s. We all know the benefits of print on demand: short runs, personalization/customization, no inventory, etc. Web to print - online ordering of print - appeared in the late 1990s and added a ...Friday, May 22nd, 2009
I've got a problem. While I get a lot of my bills by email and pay most bills using my online banking service, there are still envelopes that come requesting payment. Those are mostly #10 envelopes containing the inevitable #9 envelope for payment. Somehow I never questioned that it must take ...
