Resources
The following resources, listed by category, can help you green your printing facility and your printed projects.
Certified Sustainable Green Printer
Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) Partnership
The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership encourages and promotes participation in the worldwide movement to reduce environmental impact and increase social responsibility of the print and graphic communications industry through sustainable green printing practices. Printers can be listed as a certified SGP Printer by meeting a set of criteria to establish performance standards.
www.sgppartnership.org
Chain-of-Custody Certification
To ensure credibility and integrity of their programs, both the FSC and SFI programs rely on independent, accredited certification bodies to perform Chain-of-Custody certification assessments. Click on the links for the latest contact information for each program.
FSC
www.fscus.org/certifiers/
SFI-PEFC
www.sfiprogram.org/files/pdf/Certification%20bodies.pdf
CONEG Limits for Packaging
CONEG (the Coalition of Northeastern Governors) has set a limit of no more than 100 parts per million total for lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium in packaging or packaging materials. Nineteen states have adopted the CONEG limits.
Coalition of Northeastern Governments
www.toxicsinpackaging.org/index.html
Environmental News & Case Studies (Archive)
Printer’s National Environmental Assistance Center
www.pneac.org
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/index.html
Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)
Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/orig189.html
Paper Specification/Procurement
Chlorine Free Products Association
www.chlorinefreeproducts.org/about.htm
Conservatree
www.conservatree.org
Environmental Paper Network
www.environmentalpaper.org/tools.html
Forest Stewardship Council – US
www.fscus.org/paper
PaperSpecs
PaperSpecs is an online paper swatchbooks database specifically developed for the design and printing industry.
www.PaperSpecs.com
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
www.sfiprogram.org/files/pdf/SFI%20Products%20Survey%20Summary%20Sheet.pdf
Trade Association
Printing Industries of America
www.printing.org
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/ozone/ozonetech/def_voc.htm