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Pictura Graphics Named First Sustainable Green Printer


Pictura Graphics has become the first print shop to earn eco-certification under the Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) Partnership, a U.S. printing-industry trade group aimed at promoting sustainable business practices.

SGP's certification process evaluates printers under the following criteria:

  • The Product – input materials used to produce a product such as substrates, inks, and coatings
  • The Process – the manufacturing process involving press equipment and supporting technology
  • The Envelope – the building, energy consumption, employees, and supporting activities

"The SGP certification is not just a checklist that must be completed and the applicant is recognized and finished with the process," said Marcia Y. Kinter, a founding partner of the SGP, in a recent interview with WhatTheyThink.com. "It is a commitment to continue to become a sustainable printer and to document continuous improvement."

Pictura recently launched ecoIMAGES, its line of recyclable, biodegradable printing products that use only VOC-free inks. For more information, click here.

via | Sustainable Life Media

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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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