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Laurel Brunner: A French Connection
EcoFolio is a French state-accredited nonprofit organisation that is responsible for paper collection and recycling throughout France. How cool is that! This group is encouraging businesses and consumers to recycle more paper by making it easier and more efficient, and working with all parts of the supply chain to make this possible. The group started…
Lees meerLaurel Brunner: Danes Pressing (or not) Ahead
We’ve heard back from the Danish government on why they think taxing print is a good idea. But their response raises more questions than it answers and exemplifies one of the fundamental problems facing environmental questions: ignorance. The Ministry of Taxation has told us that the “The purpose of the advertising-tax is to reduce the…
Lees meerNew markets for lenticular
Hollandridderkerk innovates with Screen Truepress Jet For nearly 20 years Pixel Stereography and Hollandridderkerk have been cooperating to produce lenticular products. They are taking their cooperation to the next level with the purchase of Screen´s very fast large format printer. This investment allows them to produce highly creative lenticular applications for companies and individuals.…
Lees meerLaurel Brunner: Calculating the Carbon Footprint of Electronic Media
Does this sound like an impossible task? Of course it does, but it has to be done if the media industry wants to be able to benchmark and monitor its carbon footprint. We have managed to develop an ISO standard for calculating the carbon footprint of print media (ISO 16759), so now all eyes are…
Lees meerLaurel Brunner’s Verdigris Blog: Nano Nano
Nanotechnology is getting more attention, not just because of Benny Landa’s enthusiasm for it. Nanotechnologies manipulate atoms and molecules on a minute scale and are already used in the graphic arts. Various ink manufacturers use nanoparticles increase the reflectance capacity of their inks for more vibrant colours. But there might be other more interesting applications…
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