GreenerPrinter – A Print Shop With No Trash

I was listening to Green Talk Radio’s episode 124 as Sean Daily interviewed Mario Assadi of GreenerPrinter. The company has been in business for over 20 years and is the first green printer company in the U.S., has been certified as a green business by the Association of Bay Area Governments, and certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.

While the steps they have taken to reduce their impact on the environment have been impressive, I was floored to hear that they had completely eliminated the idea of “trash” from their business! I thought was going well by reducing my trash to a single 13 gallon bag a week. Here is a company that has managed to completely reduce its trash altogether! They do not have garbage pickup service at all.

Some of the other steps they have taken to green their business are as follows:

• Use FSC certified paper
• Offset energy with wind power
• Offset shipping with carbon funding
• Use soy ink or vegetable-based ink
• The moder printer press they have uses 50 gallons of chemical washup a year, while older presses use 55 gallons a month.

Nice work.