Access Print

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At Access Print, we share the concern of many of our customers about the impact of the printing industry on our environment. Here are some of the ways we've tried to lessen that impact, and decisions you can make to help: Paper accounts for most of the burden printing puts on the environment. Paper production is responsible for over a third of all trees felled, and over a third of municipal solid waste. Access Print uses recycled paper for most of our printing and copying, and we recycle all of our paper trimmings and other waste. We offer paper with a range of post-consumer recycled content, although paper with higher content is less bright and can contain visible flecks. If brightness is not a critical factor in your job, we urge you to consider stocks with higher recycled content. Paper can only be recycled three or four times before the fibers degrade, so it’s important to consider other ways of reducing paper usage as well. Printing long documents double-sided, for instance, reduces paper waste as much as using recycled stock. Designing artwork with bleeds to fit within standard sheet sizes can yield similar benefits. Since recycling can’t entirely eliminate the need for cutting trees for paper production, it’s also important to ensure that those trees are harvested responsibly. The Forest Stewardship Council certifies paper that has come from trees harvested according to good forestry practices; many of the non-recycled and mixed papers we offer carry this certification.

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