| The printing industries are always blamed for | | | | ratified the Kyoto protocol. The protocol talk about |
| deteriorating the environment with toxic chemical | | | | the carbon trading in which each industry in a |
| waste whether it's cutting of trees for producing | | | | particular country would be given some credits which |
| paper or for their noxious chemical dripping into lakes | | | | they can even trade or sell. These credits would be |
| and rivers. The waste produced by these industries | | | | very useful in future as government would not allow |
| takes many years to decompose properly and when | | | | any company or business to do pollution after certain |
| it mixes with water bodies it destroy aquatic life as | | | | limit. Credit will ensure that a company can only |
| well. | | | | damage environment in a permissible limit. So it would |
| Go electronic- Choose email or pdfs instead of mail | | | | be in the interest of print companies to reduce their |
| Using email and pdfs files not only saves your hard | | | | emission level. |
| earn money but also helps in saving the environment. | | | | Print material that can be sustained |
| Your advertisement campaign can equally be | | | | Using the paper made from trees is no longer |
| powerful if you send email in place of traditional mails. | | | | necessary. There are printing materials available that |
| You can use the services of any web designer or | | | | are vegetable based. These days printers are able to |
| any friend who is good at designing and can save | | | | use Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) approved |
| hundreds of trees. | | | | paper very easily. The vegetable based papers have |
| 3 R's - Repair, Reuse, Recycle | | | | proved to be perfect substitute for tree based |
| Just follow the principal of Repair, Reuse and Recycle. | | | | papers and are available in various colors as well. Their |
| If you have used some graphic design couple of | | | | availability has also increased in last few years. These |
| years ago for your client then it would be in the | | | | papers are 100 percent environment friendly as you |
| favor of environment if you just do some additional | | | | are not cutting any tree in order to manufacture. |
| work on previous design in Adobe Photoshop or | | | | So, next time when you go for purchasing paper or |
| illustrator and submit to some other client. This | | | | throw waste in pond or river, do keep in mind that |
| principle of 3 R can help you to attract many | | | | your purchase and decisions can save hundreds of |
| environmental friendly clients as well. | | | | tress, ponds essential for you and your family healthy |
| Carbon Foot Prints | | | | survival. It's not for government rules and regulation |
| Due to the increased concern for environment in all | | | | you should care about environment, rather it's for |
| over world the governments of various nation has | | | | you only. |