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Printing & Graphic Services. Idaho Chapter. Meeting and Training Session. May 5, 2009. Best Sustainability Practices in Printing: Is your In-Plant Green?. Printing & Graphic Services. The Environmental Sustainability Movement is here to stay.
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Printing & Graphic Services Idaho Chapter Meeting and Training Session May 5, 2009 Best Sustainability Practices in Printing: Is your In-Plant Green?
Printing & Graphic Services The Environmental Sustainability Movement is here to stay • We as consumers are waking up to the realities of our ways • Our carbon footprint is having profound negative effects • Corporate environmental responsibility is not optional • Every viable business will be expected to have an organizational sustainability policy including a comprehensive energy management policy covering new building design, old building upgrades, more efficient lighting, energy efficient equipment (copiers & printers), resource conservation (print), carpooling/public transportation incentives and comprehensive recycling programs • Include an environmental policy statement in your mission Government Printing Office http://www.gpo.gov/ City of Boise http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Public_Works/ EnvironmentalResourceCenter/SustainableandLivableBoise Boise State University http://www.boisestate.edu/sustain/mission.shtml
Printing & Graphic Services • Vital Statistics: Printing demand is declining • Fewer print operations in business • Fewer employees in the industry 2009 First Qtr. Manufacturing Shipments Beverage and tobacco products +1.5%Food products -1.1%Miscellaneous durable goods -7.6%Printing -8.6%Wood products -8.9%Fabricated metal products -9.5%Paper products -9.7%Apparel -13.3%Chemical products -13.3%Leather and allied products -15.4%Computers and electronic products -15.6%Plastics and rubber products -15.6%Machinery -17.5%Nondurable goods industries -17.7%All manufacturing industries -18.0%Durable goods industries -18.4%Nonmetallic mineral products -19.2Electrical equipment, appliances, and components -19.5%Furniture and related products -19.6%Transportation equipment -20.8%Textile products -22.9%Textile mills -24.6%Primary metals -36.7%Petroleum and coal products -46.1% Are in-plants positioned for the recovery? Our future depends on our ability to define the value of our services compared to alternative communication options. Cost efficiencies, new services and green practices will determine our success.
Printing & Graphic Services WhatTheyThink Printing Green Awards for 2009 Video Winners Environmental Sustainability and Your Plant: Quad/Graphics, Sussex WI Environmental Sustainability and Your Processes: Homewood Press, Toledo OH Environmental Sustainability and Your Community: Patient News Publishing, Haliburton ON Beyond Environmental Sustainability: AllpakTrojan, Renton WA Environmental “Thought Leader:” Spirit Graphics & Printing, Inc, Chula Vista CA
Printing & Graphic Services Green initiatives – If you are not doing these things and more, get started! • Conduct an internal environmental audit on your shop • Use recycled paper as house sheets – coated & uncoated • Use chemical-free CTP plate systems • Use soy or vegetable-based inks instead of oil-based • Research and use eco-friendly press supplies • Recycle paper cutter off cuts – we’re talking tons! • Recycle toner cartridges and printer replacement parts • Have a personal recycling box for every employee • Become chain-of-custody certified (FSC, SFI, SGP) • Offer soft proofing as the standard proofing process • Re-use paper boxes for shipping print orders • Promote more efficient VDP as cost saving alternative • Promote “Reduce-Reuse-Recycle” program • Offer new electronic media services – web, email, Purls
Printing & Graphic Services Go Green – More things you can do • Save bubble wrap and shrink package waste for re-packing • Turn off lights, computers, printers and copiers • Use electric golf cart for pickup and delivery • Print same colors all day to reduce wash-ups • Recycle spent solvents • Use online ordering and automated workflows • Other things you are doing………. MEASUREMENT – MEASUREMENT - MEASUREMENT • Metrics are the key – The environmental equivalent to ROI • Carbon calculators • Waste removed from our processes and waste streams • Energy saved • Efficiency and productivity gained • Dollars saved
Printing & Graphic Services Green Bronco Promotion E-Blast, Postcard, Website and PURL
Green Bronco Promotion Order Form Thank You Email
Printing & Graphic Services Lean Manufacturing Six Sigma Continuous Process Improvement • Reduce waste • Conserve resources • Use most efficient tools, equipment and workflow • Innovate – rethink how you can accomplish more with less Recap Be proactive. Make contributions toward your organization’s sustainability goals. Be open to new technology and process improvement trial and error. Pound the drums! Tell your customers and executives about the good things you are doing.
Printing & Graphic Services Downloadable Resource Information http://boisestate.edu/printing/ipma.shtml WhatTheyThink Environmental Video WTT Award Winners Green Printing: A Guide to Environmentally Responsible Printing Paper Myths Exposed Sustainable Design Checklist How to Prepare a Sustainability Policy Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing
IPMA Idaho Chapter Minutes • April 7th 2009 Minutes (Installation Lunch & 30th Anniversary Celebration.) • Members Present: Stephanie Skupien, Kellie Bergey, Sylvia Marmon, Amanda Lundquist, Ted Bailey, Lorry Roberts and Justin Rex. • Former Members Present: Wayne Leplante, John Eichmann, Curtis Stoddard and Cleoria Glenn. • Guest Present: Kent Marmon • Treasurer’s Report (to be covered next meeting) Old Business • Webinar to be held on May 5th 2009. • Kellie needs revised letter sent to her. • Last minute updates for addresses need to be submitted by April 15, 2009. • Ted Bailey will present a “green topic.” New Business • Past presidents recognized. • Scrapbook passed around. • Homemade cake was greatly enjoyed! Thank you Sylvia!! • Lottery Ticket – Wayne won the drawing but did not win.
