19
11
2007
(Image source: www.dmbowers.com (c) 2007).
Dispatch from the Better Business Bureau of Mainland B.C. (BBB) and Green Printer.
This past week, Wal-Mart’s “gone green” story flaunted the pages of CNN Money and scores of other major outlets. While the mammoth retailer’s CEO showed visible concern (is that a twitch we caught?) with the results of its environmental audit – which came out as a ‘mixed bag’ – analysts around the world begged the question, “has green become the new black?”
Increasingly, that answer is “yes”.
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Categories : Business, Environment, How-to, Printing Industry, recycled paper, Save Trees, Toxic, vancouver
16
11
2007
Toxic inks dump in Lagos, Nigeria, www.ban.org 2007
For many, printing comes across as an environmentally benign industry – just how harmful can cartridge inks and paper be? This week’s investigation from the Press & Sun Bulletin (Birmingham, New York) suggests a darker story about the negative human health effects of traditional printing industry inks. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Environment, Politics, Printing Industry, Toxic, vancouver
30
10
2007
From greenprinteronline.com
Over a 100 paper mills located along Dongting Lake, China’s second largest freshwater lake, were ordered to close after they failed to reduce pollution as promised.
The mills discharge chemical-laden waste into the lake, and Jiang Yimin, director of Hunan Provincial Bureau of Environmental Protection, was concerned that the mills were unable to control pollution.
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Categories : Environment, Toxic
