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The holidays are fast upon us and that means holiday cards. Lots and lots of cards begin to fill my mailbox October threw January. We get Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years cards.  Then there is a month before the valentine day cards fill our box! All of this adds to carbon emissions and environmental waste, unless you choose a green printing company. PsPrint is a company offering some great green printing options including:

>Printing with soy ink verses petroleum ink. This mean less volatile organic compounds being emitted during the printing and that is better for the environment and air quality for the employees.

>Using 100% recycled paper.

>Use more than has more then one shipping location, which is better for you the customer, and for the environment…meaning less travel for the product to make it to your door.

>They are a company that recycles their paper waste!  All paper-printing companies create paper waste and at the very least they should be recycling it!

I’ve tried to cut down my paper consumption in my home but having a home-based business and working part-time out of my home, I make brochures, business cards, send thank you notes, use envelopes, make poster, etc.  I try to do what I can by email or electronically but I still need a company to print products for me from time to time. When sending cards I do select post cards because I can usually avoid the envelope and that helps save paper.

There are lots of ways to reduce paper consumption and help save trees. Recycling paper is the simple option. Reusing paper for scrap paper, doodle pages for the kids or wrapping paper!  Buy Ebooks when possible, purchase recycled paper products, send information electronically when possible and if you still love old fashion holiday cards pick one holiday to send a card for verses every holiday and make sure you use a green printing company!


  • http://www.greenandchic.com Carla

    Great suggestions! I don’t do much printing for my business yet, but I did made sure my business cards were printed on recycled paper and soy ink from a local green printer. It tempting to go the cheap/free route, but in the long run, I feel better with the choice I made.

  • Christa Biddle

    I just found out that manila envelopes cannot be recycled. So now i need to watch for large white envelopes. Plus dark colored papers cannot be recycled either. Teachers of the world, beware, if you color code student work!

  • http://carrieanddanielle.com candy

    great tips, thanks! they have me tickled green! :-)

    i’ve tried using greenprinters – think the uRL is http://greenprinteronline.com and they are fabulous… what I like is they have an eco-calculator that lets you know how many trees you’re saving!

    another article I really enjoyed reading today, on the topic of green: http://carrieanddanielle.com/try-a-comfort-fast-new-priorities-after-living-in-a-tent/

    candys last blog post..Creative Faith: Style Statement Profile

  • jonathan peters

    i am a designer and have done stuff with PSPrint. they are great and all, but when it comes to green i prefer http://www.caryprinting.com. they have more certifications and send out an “eco-audit” telling you how much electricity, water, wood, and trees you saved while printing with them. you can get an eco-audit instantly on the website. both companies have great quality, but i much prefer cary printing for my green needs.