Environment

Want a 100% recyclable large-format board that is FSC certified, as little as 1mm thick, and that doesn’t crack in any direction when bent? Could new Swedboard products be the answer?

We’re not talking sci-fi here, but a considered way of reducing our environmental footprint to take us into a brighter ecological future. Walter Hale explores the theory challenging the mindset that there is nothing any of us can do to avert an environmental apocalypse. 

Sustainability and being environmentally responsible is about more than offering PVC alternatives and being waste wise - and it seems PSPs are taking that on board.

Can PSPs in the UK take a lead from Sydney-based Mesh Direct, which has launched eco campaign #ThinkGreenDoGreen as something of a challenge to the industry as a whole?

Earlier this summer this sector saw a breakthrough - Soyang and waste partner Blue Castle announced a scheme for recycling PVC banner material. Gardners, a test site, has been impressed. So should you be getting in on the act?

The newly published Image Reports 2019 Widthwise survey does suggest that printers are reflecting on environmental matters. Are you one of them - and is your view impacting your business as well as the world around you?

Has PVC had its day when it comes to wallcoverings?

Veronica Heaven - MD of the company that runs the Brief Cases industry-into-education programme - wants you to get involveD in shaping environmental sustainability programmes for print. Should you?