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Going Green: Jakprints Makes Sustainable Printing a Priority

Take A Closer Look At How Jakprints Is Making A Difference.

Printing Green

Jakprints recognizes the need to be a driving force for environmental awareness by pushing sustainability in all aspects of our day to day manufacturing. By establishing long term relationships with the most progressive apparel, paper, ink and equipment vendors in the industry, Jakprints has made it easy to print "GREEN"!

We've chosen to only use soy & vegetable based inks and paper stocks made with a minimum of 30% recycled content. Add one of our 100% biodegradable water based coatings to your custom-printed project to give it a polished look. Furthering our "GREEN" options we also offer 100% made in the USA organic apparel and biodegradable banner/sign options as well!

How Jakprints Is Making A Difference

Trees Saved Trees Saved Jan-Aug 2008:
3,943 Trees
Year End 2007:
3,317.57 Trees

Landfill Saved Landfill Saved Jan-Aug 2008:
789 Cubic Yards
Year End 2007:
585.45 Cubic Yards

Water Saved Water Saved Jan-Aug 2008:
1,623,790 Gallons
Year End 2007:
1,366,057 Gallons

Electricity Saved Electricity Saved Jan-Aug 2008:
974,274 Kilowatt Hours
Year End 2007:
800,119 Kilowatt Hours

Pollutants Saved Pollutants Saved Jan-Aug 2008:
13,918 Pounds
Year End 2007:
11,709 Pounds

Jakprints Is Proud To Be FSC & Rain Forest Alliance Certified!

Fsc CertifiedRainforest Alliance Certified

The Forest Stewardship Council is an independent, non-governmental, not for profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world's forests.

The Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior.

(FSC certification number SW-COC-003155. Copyright 1996. FSC. The mark of responsible forestry.)

Our Production Base Awareness

Soy Inks

  

Recycled Stocks

  

Biodegradable
Soy Vegetable Inks   Recycled Paper Stocks   Biodegradable Products

Our offset products are proudly printed with Soy & Vegetable based ink.

  

Our 12pt, 100# & 60# house stocked papers are 30% recycled with a 93% brightness.

  

Water based coatings make our products 100% biodegradable.
         

Eco-Friendly Apparel

  

BIOflex

  

Chlorine & Bleach Free
Eco Friendly Apparel   Bioflex Outdoor Vinyl   Chlorine Bleach Free

We offer organic cotton and bamboo shirts in a variety of brands and colors.

  

We now offer the world's first biodegradable outdoor vinyl banner material!

  

No chlorine or bleach is used in the whitening of our paper.
         
   

Aluminum screens are reused over and over again, even mended when damaged so they can be reused.

  

Whenever possible, vender boxes are reused in order to minimize the need for new boxes.

  

100% recyclable aluminum plates are collected monthly.
         
   

Plate box packing material is reused for box packing to ensure optimum transit security.

 

Ink is distributed to our presses via 55 gallon drums to reduce landfill and waste.

  

Our six, house stocked papers are warehoused by the truckload, which reduces semi truck deliveries from weekly stops to only one per month.
         
 

All paper trimmings, unused paper products and runs that do not meet our exceptional quality standards are recycled weekly.

 
   

Full Color Offset Inks

Rather than use traditional, cheaper petroleum based inks, Jakprints uses soy and vegetable based inks. Our ink contains more than 20% soybean oil and 100% solids. It is formulated without petroleum ink solvent, as well as having no volatile organic compound related problems, making it an environmentally friendly choice.

Cleaning Solutions

We only use 100% biodegradable, organic solvent for reclamation and breakdown, in place of cheaper, hazardous mineral spirits.

Shipping Boxes

All Jakprints products are shipped in 100% recyclable, corrugated cardboard boxes.

Internal Recycling Program

Jakprints's employees recycle plastic, styrofoam, aluminum, glass and paper products throughout the workday. An on-screen computer based production system keeps employee paper usage to a minimum.

More Facts About Paper and Paper Recycling

Green Jakcycle
  • Recycled paper is made to the same standards as paper made from virgin pulp. In addition, recycled paper has features which make it more desirable than virgin paper, such as being more opaque, dense, and flexible.
  • Every ton of paper that is recycled saves: 17 trees + 7,000 gallons of water + 4,200 kilowatt hours of energy + 410 gallons of fuel.
  • Every ton of recycled paper saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.
  • By 2012, the paper industry's goal is to recover 55% of all the paper Americans consume for recycling, which is approximately 55 million tons of paper.
  • More than 37% of the fiber used to make new paper products in the United States comes from recycled sources.
  • 86% (approximately 254 million) of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs.
  • Nearly 218,000 tons of shredded paper is used each year for animal bedding.
  • In the U.S., more than one-third of the fiber used to make new paper products comes from recycled paper.
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