What are the best practices for green printing?

Sustainable printing works as a system, not a single swap. The biggest environmental gains come from combining eco-friendly inks, responsibly sourced paper, waste recovery, and cleaner press chemistry, since picking just one leaves most of the footprint in place.

• Inks: choose soy-based or vegetable-based inks, which lower volatile emissions and de-ink more easily during recycling.
• Paper: source FSC-certified stocks or sheets with post-consumer recycled content.
• Waste: recover and recycle production trim and scrap rather than sending it to landfill.
• Press cleaning: use water-soluble washes instead of petroleum-based solvents.
• Finishing: skip plastic lamination and heavy UV coatings that make a piece harder to recycle.

Uncoated recycled stocks hold rich color well, so going green rarely means giving up print quality.