We have taken many steps to reduce the environmental impact of our printing process. We have reduced the use of harsh pressroom chemicals and replaced them with environmentally friendly products that are now on the market such as press wash, fountain solutions and other pressroom products.
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Broudy is proud to have been awarded the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification. We are now certified by the SmartWood™ division of the Rainforest Alliance to the FSC Chain-of-Custody manufacturing and material handling guidelines. Broudy’s FSC Chain-of-Custody certificate number is SW-COC-003168, which is audited on an annual basis.
Green Energy
Broudy has an agreement with Community Energy to purchase wind energy and ‘green up’ 100% of its conventional electricity consumption with this clean, renewable energy. Purchased as Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), the wind energy is certified by the Center for Resource Solutions’ Green-e renewable energy certification program. These RECs indirectly offset 355,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions from conventional electricity production processes that use nonrenewable fuel sources. The environmental benefit compares to not driving 387,511 miles in an automobile (139 drives between Los Angeles and Pittsburgh), or planting 48 acres of trees.
Recycling Program
We recycle every sheet of paper that is not delivered to a customer. The paper is then sold to various paper mills and recycled into paper products such as toilet tissues, paper towels and napkins. All of our aluminum printing plates are recycled as well.
Chemistry Recycling Program
We use a chemistry recycling system that takes used press solvent and recovers it by a distillation process. The chemistry is cleaned and the solvent and water are separated to be recycled. This dramatically reduces the consumption of virgin solvent and almost eliminates the need for hazardous waste removal.
Click here to learn more about our Solvent Recovery System
Inks
All of our inks are eco-friendly vegetable based products and have no volatile organic compound (VOCs), as opposed to the solvent based products of the past.
