sobota, 20 października 2012

Sustainable Digital Printing Helps Make The Environment Safer

By Bertha Sanders


One thing that has changed dramatically over the years for many industries is the attention that has been given to how they handle their waste. Many governments now closely watch the companies in their communities to make sure that are very careful with the methods they employs to rid their plants of hazardous materials. Some companies are willing to go even further than what the regulations call for and have enhanced their practices to make them even better for the environment. In the sustainable digital printing industry, there are many things they do that a person can do when they are home.

A good start would be to try to use recycled paper whenever possible to print documents and letters. Most paper that has been traditional used is made from virgin fiber. This means that a tree had to be cut down in order to make the piece of paper. Some have estimated that hundred of millions of trees are chopped down just to produce sheets of paper.

By relying on recycled goods, many of the trees that were utilized not are still growing in the forests. This helps to preserve the habitat of many insects, animals, and plants that might have otherwise perished if the destruction stayed at the same pace that it once was at. The possibility of heavy run offs of silt into the rivers, streams, and lakes has also been reduced and this helps the preserve the drinking water for many of the animals.

Another benefit is that less paper will be placed in landfills. Landfills have become a major source of pollution in many communities and people are looking for ways to reduce the impact of the waste on their environment. An easy way is to reuse materials so they do not get dumped into these garbage pits at all.

Digital printing also uses some different processes than the traditional way to print documents. These machines do not use the same type of ink. The ink for these machines are biodegradable and should not harm the environment. The other types of ink were basically petroleum based products that can do a great deal of harm to others.

One may want to find out how the paper they are using is bleached. The traditional method used Elemental chloride to make the sheets brighter. There are other chlorine based products being used now in this brightening process and all can have an adverse affect on the surrounding areas where they are dumped.

Their is a logo on the packaging of the boxes and reams that alert a person to the method a manufacturer is using to get the sheets brighter. This logo is given by the Chlorine Free Products Association that monitors what the producers are doing in their manufacturing process. One will be purchasing a product that is environmentally friendly when they buy something with this logo on it.

The concern over the health of the environment has been a major concern for many years now. What people do has a large effect on how plants, animals, and humans will survive now and in the future. One help to help mitigate any damage to use sustainable digital printing to avoid adding any more waste than necessary into the ecosystem where is can spread from place to place.




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