Stickers / pressure sensitive labels
Since 2001 we have been pushing for greener stocks. The industry has and continues to evolve; producing better stocks in greener and more sustainable ways. Still, the business of manufacturing paper is highly water and energy intensive. The manner in which the paper is made is as important as the paper stock itself.
Compostable Stickers/Labels
100% wood cellulose from a sustiainably managed tree-farm and compostable in about 16 weeks in a normal ambient/backyard compost as well as professional ASTM D6400 Composters. Made Carbon Neutral at their point of manufacture.
Switch from Plastic to Plant Stickers/pressure sensitive labels
Made from plants such as corn and beets these labels are coated and will not tear as easily as a paper label, they’re similar to vinyl/plastic but thinner. Gloss or Matte coating available.
Tree-Free
Made from bamboo, bagasse and cotton-linters this uncoated stock lends itself to a ‘natural’ look.
Recycled paper
30% recycled semi-gloss paper and printed with soy or vegetable-based inks. Gloss or Matte coating.
Fiberstone
Very interesting stock but we don’t really think of it as a ‘green’ stock. It’s impermeable to water, fantastic for freezer packaging, paper that needs to withstand the elements. It’s got this soft, ‘buttery’ feel to it. No water is used manufacturing it (or trees, for that matter). No water, that’s a huge deal if you consider the paper industry is one of the largest polluters of water in the world.
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Printing on Paper!
Books, brochures, curriculums, programs printed on high-content recycled stocks – for example, 100% post-consumer waste, sustainably manufactured using wind, solar, bio-fuel or low-impact hydro and Green-E Certified, Forest Stewardship Council (‘FSC’) or Sustainable Forestry Institute (‘SFI’) Certifed that the wood is coming from socially/responsibly managed forests and Made Carbon Neutral via buying carbon credits as offsets on the Chicago Energy Exchange.
Hang-tags high-content recycled paper, hole punched and strung
Banners!
100% Organic Cotton or Bio-degradeable Vinylesque Bioflex
100% organic cotton printed with VUTEk digital printers and, where possible BioVu Inks which are made from renewable resources (mostly corn) and recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency
Bioflex – a material that looks and performs like vinyl but when disposed of, in landfill conditions (darkness, high heat, moisture and lack of oxygen), it attracts microbes that break down the PVC within 3 to 5 years. BIOflex contains no toxic materials and is tear, fade and fungus resistant.
