EARTH DAY
Printing department
environmentally aware
Earth Day is turning 25 this
year. Each spring people
take this day to celebrate
the environment, and environ
mental laws have been enacted
to protect the earth and its
resources,
Earth Day is the time to cele
brate this environmental
progress. But people should also
recognize the efforts taking place
on campus that support and aid
the environment.
The University's Printing Ser
vices is environmentally con
scious in every way it can be At
least five years ago. the use of
recycled paper was an idea only
pushed and promoted Recycled
paper was used much less fre
quently than it is now Today
recycled paper is the only type of
paper used at the printing facility
J.R Gaddis, director of Printing
Services, said virgin paper runs
smoother and petroleum-distillate
paper dries better But to main
tain environmental concerns, 100
percent recycled paper is used.
When Gaddis started working
at Printing Services a year ago.
use of recycled paper was 70
percent to 80 percent. Those fig
ures have since risen to approxi
mately 95 percent to 100 percent
Recycled paper isn't the only
environmentally-friendly product
found at University Printing. For
people concerned about tree con
servation, tree-tree resources are
also available The two brands
Printing Services has are Tree
Free Eco Paper, which is made of
50 percent hemp and 50 percent
cereal straw, and Traditions,
which is 10 percent hemp, 70
percent agricultural waste and 20
percent post-consumer waste.
Printing Services- commitment
to the environment extends
beyond the type of paper it uses
The inks are environmentally
sate up to 40 percent to 50 per
cent are vegetable-based (soy)
inks tor 40 percent to 50 percent
of the colors Unfortunately, not
every color tails under this cat*'
gory Varnishes and metallics.
such as gold and silver, cannot
be vegetable-based
In addition to inks. Printing Ser
vices avoids the use of Astro
bright colors, which are heavily
dyed and harder to recycle
Aqueous plates and alcohol-free
dampening solutions are used in
the presses Ten years ago,
chemicals and alcohols were
used Within the last five years,
strides have been made to eliml
nate them.
According to Campos Environ
mental Stewardship, a book from
the National Wildlife Fedeiation,
the University ranks in the top 5
percent to 10 percent among uni
versities in the United States in its
use of environmentally-sound
papers, inks and aqueous plat- -.
These efforts are only the tip of
iceberg Printing Services has
established an Environmental
Issues Committee. Gaddis is in
charge of a subcommittee, which
has worked to create a paper pol
icy.
"The paper policy is being
formed to make the community
aware," Gaddis sad.
It will be implemented in early
May, gearing the University to
use recycled papers, to move
away from heavily dyed papers,
to use two-sided copying and to
reduce paper consumption
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