Once you set the date, reserve a space and come up with your guest list (that task can be difficult, good luck!) you're on to the invitations. And there are a lot of options. Here I've given you a little taste of some of the more green options available and a brief explanation of how and why they are green.
Earthly Affair
How Earthly Affair acts as a green printer and sustainable business:
- They offset co2 emissions resulting from shipments and business through carbonfund.org.
- A portion of their profits are donated to environmental projects.
- They recycle or reuse everything they can.
- They implement energy saving practices
- They compost and/or recycle leftover paper scraps.
- They reuse shipping supplies or materials.
Invite Site
How Invite Site acts as a green printer and sustainable business:
- Their 6,000 sq ft factory is not heated or air-conditioned.
- They use biodegradable packing material and reuse boxes or recycle them.
- All paper scrap is donated to LA's BEST Afterschool Program.
- Use old printing presses and feed paper by hand
- Use vegetable based inks
- They are dedicated to the promotion of treefree and alternative fiber papers
- All appliances are energy star and no water bottles are allowed at the work site
Paisley Tree Press
How Paisley Tree Press acts as a green printer and sustainable business:
- They use 100% cotton paper. This paper is made in America from reclaimed fibers from the textile industry that would otherwise be discarded and thrown into our landfills. Other paper is made from 30% to 100% post consumer recycled paper.
- They recycle and reuse whenever possible.
- Every piece of paper is hand fed into a 1902 Chandler and Price letterpress.
- They seek out suppliers that use eco-friendly practices. Their plate makers offer recycling of old printing plates.
delphinepress.com
How Delphine acts as a green printer sustainable business:
- They use eco-friendly papers: the standard letterpress stock is 100% cotton...tree-free and the standard digital stock is 100%pcw recycled.
- They use soy-based inks, low voc solvents and recyclable metal plates.
- They buy envelopes and paper from mills that use 100% clean, renewable hydroelectric energy or other certified renewable energy sources.
- Burnt out light bulbs are replaced with energy efficient bulbs
- They recycle and print on both sides of copy paper.
Tasha Rae Designs
How Tasha Rae Designs acts as a green printer and sustainable business:
- 85% of their customers request recycled papers and they try to talk the other 15% into using them as well.
- They offer a wide variety of recycled and earth-friendly papers
- They plant a tree at the end of each month through www.americanforests.org for each earth-friendly order.
- Instead of charging their customers for samples, they ask them to make a small donation to the charity of their choice.
I hope that was helpful!
G&G
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