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When Printing, Every Design Choice Matters ::.


By Jonathan Bardelline, GreenerDesign

The paperless office, or even the paperless business, is a long way away for most companies. But when you need to do printing outside of the typical in-office printing, such as creating materials for conferences or products, there are plenty of ways to use smarter design to reduce materials and enegy as well as ensure that what you've printed can be recycled.

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cradle-to-cradle ::.

CRADLE-TO-CRADLE
A phrase invented by Walter R. Stahel in the 1970s and popularized by William McDonough and Michael Braungart in their 2002 book of the same name. This framework seeks to create production techniques that are not just efficient but are essentially waste free. In cradle-to-cradle production all material inputs and outputs are seen either as technical or biological nutrients. Technical nutrients can be recycled or reused with no loss of quality and biological nutrients composted or consumed. By contrast cradle to grave refers to a company taking responsibility for the disposal of goods it has produced, but not necessarily putting products’ constituent components back into service.


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