There’s a lot of talk about “Going Green” in the printing industry. The challenge is there are no widely accepted standards at this point. Printing Industries of America (PIA)/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF), Specialty Graphic Imaging Association and Flexographic Technical Association are the founding partners of the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership. They have developed a certification process that was introduced at the National Environmental Health and Safety Conference for the Grapihc Communications Industries held March 10-12th in Indianapolis. This is a work in progress but what appears to be a good opportunity for those printers looking for some guidance in developing greener practices and establishing some level of certification.
You can contact SGP at www.sgppartnership.org
The presentation from the NEHS conference:
http://www.nehsconference.org/pdf_server.cfm?pdf=/neh08_site/downloads/SustainableGreenPrinting.pdf
