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"Thank you for your generous support – AND for your wonderfully efficient service."

Liza Hollingshead
Ecologia Trust


Environmental and Social Responsibility

Does being environmental mean higher prices, coarse paper and washed out ink colours?

No, no and no! We don’t charge a premium for recycled paper. In fact we can supply many grades at a similar cost to virgin paper. The recycled stocks we use are of excellent quality and difficult to distinguish from virgin grades. (If you want the ‘recycled look’ we can supply stock to suit also). We can source Forestry Stewardship Council certified papers as an alternative to recycled paper and of course are happy to use any type of paper or board that is commercially available. The vegetable oil based inks we use as standard are equivalent in performance and printed result to mineral oil based inks.

For myths and facts about recycled papers and information about how to be more ecological in your design and print choices please click here.

What makes us one of  the most eco-friendly printers in the UK?

We have developed an environmental management system and this has been independently certified to ISO 14001:2004 International Standard.

We're Forest Stewardship Council chain of custody certified and that means our customers can be assured that the paper they choose comes from a certified forest that's managed to meet the social, economic and ecological needs of present and future generations. Only by using an FSC certified printer like Big Sky can the customer extend the chain of custody and apply the FSC label to printed items.

The main impact of being an “environmental” printer is in the areas of chemical use, energy use, waste etc. These standards are invisible in the final product, but they are the ones that count.

Please click to read our Environmental Policy statement.

We’re working on

  • reducing our negative environmental impacts
     
  • contributing to the quality of the human environment locally

  • supporting projects for re-forestation, health, youth and child welfare and a disaster relief team.

This is what we actually do:



Presstek Dimension chemical free plate setter


ISO 14001:2004 Certificate

 

1 We use 100% local renewable energy and we continue to work on reducing our energy consumption.
2 Through investment in the latest computer to plate technology we have eliminated all pre-press chemicals. At our request a plate cleaner was developed which is non-hazardous to marine life. We are continually investigating the least harmful press cleaning agents.
3 We use vegetable oil-based inks as standard and safer, more environmentally friendly press washes.
4 Any chemicals we still use are collected by a waste management company and recycled or disposed of safely.
5 We look to use equipment and printing strategies which reduce paper waste.
6 All our waste paper trimmings are recycled and none goes to landfill.
7 We try to re-use our waste. We make notepads out of waste paper which we give to local charities, community members and customers for free. We also collect and recycle CD’s and DVD’s from our customers and the public.
8 Recycled LogoWe use so much recycled paper that we can obtain the best prices from our merchant.  There’s generally only a small premium for recycled paper.

9 We give away or re-use waste such as pallets, paper off cuts and packaging.
10 We plan orders so as to minimise transportation.
11 We pay salaries that are at least 10% higher than the local average.
12 We support reforestation in Scotland, a local youth project, our local community association, a health project in Nepal, an orphanage in Russia and an international disaster relief team.

 

Please call 0800 035 2557 if you have any questions or comments on our efforts to be more environmental or use the quote request box on the left.


Big Sky
The Press Building
305, The Park
Findhorn
Forres
Scotland IV36 3TE

Email: info@bigskyprint.com



Big Sky is a trading name of
Posthouse Printing & Publishing Ltd
(registered office as above)

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