Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), a non-profit organization providing sustainability certification in the graphic communications industry, announced that two SGP Certified Printers have been selected as winners of WhatTheyThink's Fourth Annual Environmental Innovation Awards.
Last year Eco Service helped plant as many as 4 thousand trees in Polish forests. That was the outcome of the company's collaboration with Gaja Club, one of Poland's oldest environmental organizations. The global empty cartridge broker has been cooperating with the club since 2007.
On February 2, 2012, Environmental Office Solutions (EOS) announced that it has begun the R2 certification process and targeted May 2012 as the successful completion date. The Responsible Recycling Certification (R2) will provide Environmental Office Solutions a transparent verification system to ensure the most ecologically responsible means for managing the recycling of used print cartridges, cell phones and small electronic devices.
Fry’s Electronics is offering an inkjet cartridge refilling service, which will offer Fry's customers significant savings versus new cartridges without sacrificing quality.
Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), a non-profit organization providing sustainability certification in the graphic communications industry, welcomes 3M Commercial Graphics as its newest Platinum Patron. Minnesota-based 3M is a technology and product leader in the large format graphic materials industry.
Jadi Imaging Technologies, a toner manufacturer, introduced Palmotone chemical toner, a bio-based chemical toner. The brand name Palmotone is a registered trademark of Jadi, which stands for palm oil toner.
ACM Technologies, Inc. announced that the company received its Platinum Certification from the Green Business Bureau (GBB). This is the highest level of certification available from the GBB.
ACM Technologies, Inc. has partnered with NextGen Collections, an innovator in reverse logistics and cartridge collections, to help customers properly recycle their used and empty laser toner cartridges. Through NextGen’s earth-friendly cartridge collection program, cartridges are sent back for recycling at no additional cost to the customer.
InkCycle has announced its latest “Tool For Traction” known as ReCore: The Recovery Company. ReCore encourages InkCycle’s dealers to return their recyclable cartridges directly to the remanufacturer and get paid top dollar for them.
Future Graphics, a global distributor of aftermarket imaging supplies, announced that another one of its world-leading toner technologies in the BioBlack line has been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as certified bio-based.
NextGen Collections LLC, a reverse logistics company, announced that it is launching a collection program for empty, unwanted laser cartridges across the United States.
InkCycle’s relaunch of WRP is a simple way to return both inkjet and toner cartridges for recycling, while enjoying a fast payout. The original program, which only accepted toner cartridges, has been expanded to include inkjet cartridges, as well as many models of InkCycle remanufactured toner cartridges.
SoyPrint Inc announced it has licensed its soy toner for Mexico to Villagonza of Queretaro, Mexico. This region joins a growing list of licensees that includes Europe, Canada and South America. Rick Greenlaw, vice president of SoyPrint reports SoyPrint will settle on strategies with licensees in Asia, Africa and the Middle East this spring. Greenlaw reported he receives inquiries daily from all over the world.
Taking place May 10-12th at the Hilton North in Indianapolis, the Indiana Recycling Coalition’s 22nd annual conference and exhibition is Indiana’s premier waste reduction and recycling event. Exhibitors from around the country will showcase information and technology related to waste reduction, reuse, recycling and composting.
Leading up to Earth Day, EcoLogo, one of North America’s most recognizable eco-labels, announced the certification of hundreds of Clover Technologies Group printer cartridges.
SoyPrint Inc. announced the release of its second-generation soy-based toner. SoyPrint Vice President Rick Greenlaw explained this toner opens new markets for SoyPrint to sell raw material to licensees worldwide.
Clover Holdings announced that it has committed to making its North American corporate offices and manufacturing facilities 100 percent green powered and carbon balanced. The company is fulfilling this commitment by matching its electricity use with Green-e Energy Certified Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and balancing out other direct facility greenhouse gas emissions with verified carbon offsets.
InkCycle is celebrating Earth Day with a giveaway.
Metrofuser is spending earth week celebrating its reclamation of over 1.3 million pounds of used laser printer hardware through its recycling program since the company’s inception in 2003. In April 2011, Metrofuser will have reclaimed over 1.3 million pounds of technology and re-manufactured over 200,000 mechanical and electrical devices, returning them back into productive office use, many having 6-7 generation of life use.
Point Products announced an expansion of its production of AgriTone biobased cartridges. AgriTone replacement cartridges were initially available for only a select group of HP workgroup laser printers. As production of the BioBlack toner used in the cartridges has ramped up, West Point Products has added several new products to its lineup and increased production across the category to satisfy the growth in demand.