Environment

Environmental policy | FSC & PEFC certification

We will always strive to improve our environmental performance and in particular we will:

• Ensure that we comply with existing and future environmental legislation
• Liaise and work with everyone who has an interest in our company and the environment, our customers, suppliers, our own staff and the environmental agencies
• Identify and seek to reduce any harmful environmental effects which arise from our business
• Minimise, re-use and recycle all materials wherever practical
• Provide environmental training for our staff and encourage them to apply good environmental practice
• Discuss environmental issues regularly at the highest management levels
• Encourage our suppliers and customers to adopt the best possible environmental practices

This is what we've done ...

We take our responsibility as the area's largest printer very seriously. All waste materials are recycled, including aluminium plates, metal ink tins & plastic ink cartridges, the ink itself, paper, cardboard and even the wood from our pallets.

• Paper

Bishops' house stock is a brand called Core from Robert Horne. This stock is from sustainable forests and the pulp is cleaned using an elemental chlorine free process.

All waste paper is collected and recycled.

• Plates

All used plates are collected by our licensed waste carrier and are recycled.

No plates are stored and they are all remade, therefore reducing the use of chemicals to clean and reuse them.

• CTP

All plates are produced using our Computer to Plate machines, thus reducing the use of film and the chemicals required for them.

• Ink Tins

These are crushed and recycled. The inks used are vegetable-based.

• Plastics

All plastic ink containers and plastic protective wrap from paper pallets are crushed and collected for recycling.

• CD / DVD Cases

Inserts & inlays are removed for recycling and plastic is collected, then granulated and recycled.

• Waste

Waste is segregated, recycled and reused.

All chemicals are collected by J &G Environmental, who are an accredited waste disposal expert. They will dispose of them in the most environmentally-friendly way.

• Other

Our plate-making machinery uses water technology to reduce the use of chemicals.

All company vehicles are diesel to minimise our CO2 emissions.