Buying this way will help to raise your standing as an environmentally-friendly purchaser. It can also help your bottom line: a big part of going green is about saving energy, so your environmentally-aware printer may also be cutting costs and passing those savings on to you, the customer.

Printer Green Rating

Our Green Rating system can help you select a printer with the right environmental focus. All printers listed in our printer directory have the option to complete a Green Rating. This gives them the opportunity to highlight the steps they are taking to reduce their environmental impact. And it allows you to analyse your search results not only by experience and services but also by environmental focus.

Choosing your products

There are lots of ways in which your buying decisions can have an impact on the environment. You can start to make a difference right now by considering the following when you next order print:

- Recycled paper: the range and quality is improving all the time. For a detailed guide visit green-print.net - Environmentally-friendly paper: there are cleaner ways of making paper with a range of sustainable or carbon-neutral papers now available. Look out for marks of accreditation such as FSC or PEFC. - Energy-efficient paper mills: does the mill that produces the paper you want use energy-saving Combined Heat and Energy (CHP) units? - Lighter grades: printing on 65 gsm rather than 90 gsm can cut CO2 emissions from the manufacturing process by some 30% and the lighter delivery load saves on the trucks you need to move it around. Calculate the weight of your delivery at green-print.net - Green printing presses: printing on both sides of the page saves paper, while printing on reels rather than sheets allows printers to cut pages to the exact size needed, saving up to 15% on paper usage. Source: PrintWeek’s Environment Report - Green ink: whatever colour you want make sure it is green, using vegetable-based rather than oil-based inks.