"Progress Printing has always operated in an environmentally friendly manner," says Phillip Pryor, purchasing manager. "We’ve recycled our scrap paper, plates, boxes, and skids for over 25 years. Progress was one of the country’ s first printers to go all-digital (film-less) to eliminate chemicals and the use of silver in the printing process."

"Our Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) designation is further proof of our commitment to preserving our environment and operating in an ethical and responsible way," he adds.

FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL
Progress Printing is a FSC Chain of Custody (CoC) vendor, certified by SmartWood, a program of the Rainforest Alliance. The FSC is a global non-profit devoted to encouraging the responsible use of the world’s wood resources by promoting responsible forest management. The body focuses on sustainable yield timber management, reducing soil erosion during harvest, preventing water pollution, and taking wildlife habitat into consideration by proper harvest management planning.

"The FSC is possibly the most stringent organization when it comes to their certification and use of logos, but it’s also the most recognized forest stewardship authority around the world," according to Sabine Lenz, founder of Paper Specs in Printing Impressions magazine. "With 1,800 recycled papers and 600 FSC-certified papers to choose from-and more added every day-clients don’t have to be afraid that they’ll be constrained in their options, and they’ll feel good about making a smart choice for their project and for the planet."

PRESERVE, PROTECT, REUSE, RECYCLE
We’re always pursuing creative ways to preserve, protect, reuse and recycle. We recycle at least 12 million lbs. of paper waste a year. More than 95% of our waste stream is recycled. Thousands of printing plates are recycled each year. We print alcohol-free, recycle used ink, recover solvents, and our air emissions are virtually clean. Progress Printing always welcomes suggestions from our customers to achieve greener ways to print!

Learn more about how Progress built "The Green Machine"

HOW TO PRINT GREEN
1. Talk to your Progress Printing consultant to get suggestions for quality FSC stock. Also visit the www.fsccanada.org site for a full list of FSC-certified coated and uncoated papers.

2. Get an estimate. FSC paper and processes usually cost 5-to-7% more but it’s worth it.

3. Allow enough time in your schedule for web paper to be mill manufactured. Lead times for web stock from 4-to-6 weeks or more. Mills usually keep sheetfed FSC stock on hand.

4. After you’ve selected the paper and the job is contracted, we’ll buy the paper and send you the FSC logo files for placement in your document. We’ll help you pick and place the label.

5. At the proofing stage, we’ll send your logo page to our certifier SmartWood for approval prior to printing.

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