Eco Commitment
Eco Practices
At Eco Printing Gallery, we strive to reduce our energy consumption, pollution and waste by establishing efficient and eco business practices – minimizing our impact as a company – as well as offering the most eco-friendly printing and mailing options available, there in reducing our impact as a printer and minimizing yours as a consumer.
Our commitment toward sustainable printing doesn't end at our large selection of FSC Certified and recycled papers. We strive to reduce our carbon footprint in everything we do.
Eco- Friendly Printing Practices
- Sourcing only sustainable products, including 100% post-consumer recycled
and FSC-certified papers using soy or vegetable-based inks for our traditional presses and non- toxic water-based inks for our large format printers
- Offer a huge selection of recycled paper - encouraging recycled paper printing
- Eco printing, using cleaning and processing solvents free of environmentally harmful Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
- Eliminating toxic chemicals from our plate making and plate processing by utilizing water based printing practices for a far more eco-friendly printing system
- Printing digitally whenever possible, which saves paper and natural resources
- Providing in-house finishing, distribution, and mailing services, which saves natural resources by avoiding unnecessary transport from our warehouse to a second vendor
- Offering referrals, when possible, for long-distance jobs that would better serve the environment if processed in the client's immediate neighborhood
- Sourcing recyclable substrates for your large format print projects
Eco-Friendly Practices as a Business
- Recycling and reusing paper and other office supplies
- Utilize recycling and compost all office waste using environmentally
- Regulated cleaning products around the office in the interest of sustainability and employee well being
- Using efficient lighting components to reduce both electricity
- Low flow plumbing instillations in order to reduce water consumption
- Planning jobs carefully to minimize our electricity use and paper waste
- Keeping track of our total energy usage and implementing strategies for offsetting the environmental impact