Going Green: Jakprints Makes Environmentally Friendly 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 use soy & vegetable based inks and many paper stocks containing recycled content. Add one of our 100% biodegradable water based coatings to your custom-printed project to give it a polished look. Furthering our eco-friendly printing options, we also offer 100% made in the USA organic apparel and biodegradable banner/sign options as well!
Interested in partnering with an eco-friendly printing company? Learn more about our sustainability initiatives by calling us at (877) 246-3132.
How Jakprints Is Making A Difference through Environmentally Friendly Printing
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| 2011 Jan - Jun | 3,183 Trees | 637 Cubic Yards | 1,310,960 Gallons | 786,576 Kilowatt Hours | 11,237 Pounds | 76,785 Gallons |
| 2010 | 6,499 Trees | 1,300 Cubic Yards | 2,675,960 Gallons | 1,605,576 Kilowatt Hours | 22,937 Pounds | 156,735 Gallons |
| 2009 | 6,123 Trees | 1,225 Cubic Yards | 2,521,260 Gallons | 1,512,756 Kilowatt Hours | 21,610 Pounds | 147,674 Gallons |
| 2008 | 5,835 Trees | 1,167 Cubic Yards | 2,402,680 Gallons | 1,441,608 Kilowatt Hours | 20,594 Pounds | 140,728 Gallons |
| 2007 | 3,317 Trees | 585 Cubic Yards | 1,366,057 Gallons | 800,119 Kilowatt Hours | 11,709 Pounds | Not Available |
Our Production Base Awareness
Soy Inks
Our offset products are proudly printed with Soy & Vegetable based ink.
Recycled Stocks
We offer a 11.5pt 100% PCW recycled paper. Our 100# & 60# house stocked papers are 30% recycled with a 93% brightness. Our 12pt C2S Card stock is 10% PCW Recycled.
Biodegradable
Water based coatings make our products 100% biodegradable.
Eco-Friendly Apparel
We offer organic cotton and bamboo shirts in a variety of brands and colors.
BIOflex
We now offer the world's first biodegradable outdoor vinyl banner material!
Chlorine & Bleach Free
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.
More Facts About Paper and Paper Recycling
- 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.