Plastic packaging and recycling too simple a conversation
23 April 2019
The enthusiasm for plastics reuse and recycling initiatives is a step in the right direction, but it overlooks the role of consumers.
Laurel Brunner
Sustainable coffee cups getting more sustainable
15 April 2019
At the recent Xeikon Café event in Belgium, on display were samples of single use cups printed on a new plastic free stock.
The Global Sustainability Index
8 April 2019
What matters when looking at the world’s leading one hundred companies and how they are pushing sustainability forward?
Design with the environment in mind
19 March 2019
A couple of weeks ago we talked about the need for designers to think about the environment when planning media projects. This is especially important…
Is it time to think bigger with eco labelling?
11 March 2019
Circular economies are all well and good, but it takes dialogue at many levels, not least between governments.
Paper industry still falling behind
5 March 2019
We’ve been working recently with people from the paper industry and it’s been enlightening. The paper business has a long and lofty history: it’s hundreds…
Sustainability by design
25 February 2019
All the talk about building circular economies can seem very remote from the day to day realities of living life and work’s daily grind.
Digital printing for textiles a bold new future
18 February 2019
Manufacturers of digital printing presses have been eyeing up the textile market for a while. Both direct-to-garment (DtG) printing and the printing of textiles for…
Apple taking environmental lead
12 February 2019
The graphics industry has had a long and mostly affectionate relationship with Apple Computer.
Is plastic packaging really on the out?
5 February 2019
Plastic packaging is changing at breakneck speed, and Marks and Spencer have a radical plan.
Sustainability messaging – part V
29 January 2019
We all know that we should be doing more to reduce environmental impacts, but how to go about doing it is not always so simple.
COP24 Rules of Engagement
21 January 2019
Much of the graphics industry generally responds to environmental anxieties with a collective yawn, even though there are plenty of reasons why we should be…
Message from Katowice and the Conference of the Parties
14 January 2019
Laurel Brunner reports from the Conference of the Parties (COP) talkfest that recently took place in Poland.
The Verdigris blog: Paper made from grass
7 January 2019
Grasspaper is a potential alternative for packaging, as well as being suitable for graphic papers, explains Laurel Brunner.
The Verdigris blog: The carbon footprint of data centres
17 December 2018
Electronic media have a heavy carbon footprint because of the energy they require to exist, says Laurel Brunner.