An environmental and sustainable approach
- Made with 100% sustainable fibres.
- Fully biodegradable and compostable.
- Sourced from UK-based mills wherever possible.
- Sustainable Forest Management-certified.
- Sourced from mills that plant at least three trees for every tree felled.
According to worldatlas.com, it takes 24 x 40-foot trees to make 1 ton of paper. It takes 20 metric tonnes (about 22 tons) of paper to make 100,000 copies of UW Life magazine. So, for the 528 trees used for the magazine, 1,584 trees are planted in return.
More eco-friendly printing presses
We use Xerox for digital printing because of the company’s impressive environmental offering. Unlike other printing firms, we don’t use solvent-based ink, and we’re dedicated to lowering our C02 emissions.
For lithographic printing, we use Heidelberg for their chemical-free plate processing, vegetable-based inks, and printing plate-recycling process.
A long-term plan for all the finishing touches
Instead of ‘traditional’ plastics, we use biodegradable films for our laminates. This includes plastics made from renewable resources like corn starch and sugar cane which are designed to begin naturally breaking down after around two years.
Plus, any bits and pieces left over from cutting and trimming our card and board are all safely recycled to become paper again.
