INKETC.: Inks Go Green for Graph Expo

Look toward Graph Expo for these eco-friendly inks, low on VOCs and high on marketability.

By Tim Avery -- Graphis Arts Online, 9/1/2007

The bustling exhibits at this month's Graph Expo leave little room for smog-spouting volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Ink manufacturers are exhibiting in full force their eco-friendly products, either free of, or low in, VOCs.

Flint Group (Booth 2226) is showing its recently introduced vegetable-based Novavit F918 Supreme Bio sheetfed ink line. Sold under the K+E premium brand (acquired in Flint's 2005 merger with XSYS), Novavit's vegetable oils emit fewer VOCs, reports the company. Although low-VOC sheetfed inks are generally thought to set more slowly, Flint says its Novavit dries quickly enough to run without set-off, even through a perfector. The company also reports sharp dots, good ink/water balance and high color intensity from the ink, which is said to be especially well suited for glossy-coated papers and boards.

UV ink cures emissions

INX Int'l. (Booth 429) is exhibiting its new Fusion UV hybrid process ink line, which can be run immediately after conventional inks without reconfiguring presses or conditioning rollers. UV ink means reduced VOC emissions, along with drying in only a matter of seconds. Also on display will be the new Ecopure HPJ soy-based sheetfed ink. INX says Ecopure HPJ provides faster set times than its predecessor, Ecopure HP, and its soy base releases fewer VOCs than oil-based counterparts. Early users report lower water settings, with better gray balance and improved trapping. Both Fusion UV hybrid and Ecopure HPJ accept aqueous and UV coatings, as well as overprint varnishes.

Sun Chemical (Booth 2819) is launching Synergy, a package of UV ink, coating, press conditioner, wash and fountain solution chemistries. The company reports Synergy inks can run on hybrid presses when UV-approved hybrid rollers are used.

Formulations are available for sheetfed, web, high-gloss and plastic applications. According to Sun, the high-gloss series does not require UV coating, and Synergy's plastic inks let operators set up jobs on paper to simplify makeready and reduce start-up costs for plastic printing.

Also at Graph Expo is Sun's low-VOC Liberty sheetfed ink line, sold under the Kohl & Madden brand. A PIA/GATF InterTech Technology Award recipient last year, Liberty also does not contain cobalt driers, another potential environmental hazard. The ink is formulated to dry almost instantaneously once printed, yet can stay open on press without drying for days. Sun says Liberty's ability to come up to color quickly and remain stable reduces press waste.

Toyo Ink America (Booth 455) is showing its VOC-free HyPlus 100 premium sheetfed ink, formulated without petroleum-based solvents. Toyo says HyPlus 100 produces strong contrast and high density with low dot gain, and its low water pick-up accelerates makereadies with less emulsification. It reportedly also reduces chalking, gas ghosting and print mottling in folding-carton applications. Other vegetable-based inks from Toyo include HyLite—said to offer great versatility—and HyUnity.

For web presses, Toyo offers soy-based Soya-News ink, which contains a maximum of 0.08 VOC lb./gal. The company says it resists rubbing and scuffing and is formulated to dry quickly.

Van Son Holland Ink (Booth 3470) is introducing its new SonaCure UV-curable, VOC-free inks, which are available in formulations for use on coated or uncoated paper, board stock, foil and plastic substrates, and lacquered or corona-treated surfaces. Van Son says SonaCure offers high gloss and good rub resistance and, though drying quickly under UV light, stays fresh overnight on-press.

taken from www.graphicartsonline.com

Get Tax Incentives for Green Living

Take advantage of state and federal green living tax incentives

There has never been a better time than now to tap into a laundry list of tax rebates and other financial incentives designed to encourage individuals and businesses to go the greener mile. At the federal level in the U.S., individuals can reap the rewards of no less than eight different financial incentives ranging from tax credits and home loans for replacing windows and installing insulation around the house to tax rebates for purchasing a hybrid car or hooking up a solar hot water heater.

Besides these federal incentives, nearly every U.S. state has additional state or local incentives available. Many require utilities to rebate consumers who save electricity. Some utilities even offer “net metering,” whereby consumers who generate some of their power through rooftop solar panels or other technologies can sell electricity back to the utility, thus reducing or zeroing out their electric bill—even earning money.

Green Living Tax Incentives for Business
Many financial incentives are in place for businesses, as well.

At the federal level, examples include an energy-efficient commercial buildings tax deduction, a business energy reduction tax credit, an energy-efficient appliance tax credit for manufacturers, and a new energy-efficient tax credit for green-savvy builders.

At the state level, many are eager to attract renewable energy companies to their region, and offer tax breaks to get them there. Washington State, for example, charges no sales tax on renewable energy equipment produced or sold there. And some forward-thinking cities are beginning to offer “density bonuses” and green building incentives to developers and builders to encourage sustainable land use.

Find Information About Green Living Tax Incentives
The best place to look for what’s available is to steer your web browser to the free online Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE), a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility and federal incentives that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency. DSIRE is a federally funded project of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, whose membership includes state and local government agencies, national laboratories, renewable energy companies and advocacy groups.

In Canada, the Office of Energy Efficiency at Natural Resources Canada offers a slate of federal grants and incentives under its ecoENERGY Retrofit program to homeowners, businesses, large industries and public institutions to help them invest in energy- and pollution-saving upgrades. The agency also administers the High Efficiency Home Heating System Cost Relief program, which will contribute up to $300 to homeowners who upgrade their old oil or gas furnace or boiler to a new high-efficiency model. And low-income households might qualify for additional federal financial assistance for energy retrofits. Another Canadian program, the Vehicle Efficiency Incentive (VEI) rewards those who buy fuel-efficient cars or trucks with rebates of up to $2,000 each. Beyond these federal programs, selected provincial and municipal entities across Canada also offer incentives to those looking to save energy and the environment.

Taken from www.environment.about.com

Paper, Plastic or Something Better?

Reusable Bags Are Best for Both Consumers and the Environment

The next time the clerk at your favorite grocery store asks whether you prefer “paper or plastic” for your purchases, consider giving the truly eco-friendly response and saying, “neither.”

Plastic bags end up as litter that fouls the landscape, and kill thousands of marine mammals every year that mistake the floating bags for food. Plastic bags that get buried in landfills may take up to 1,000 years to break down, and in the process they separate into smaller and smaller toxic particles that contaminate soil and water. Furthermore, the production of plastic bags consume millions of gallons of oil that could be used for fuel and heating.

Is Paper Better Than Plastic?
Paper bags, which many people consider a better alternative to plastic bags, carry their own set of environmental problems.

For example, according to the American Forest and Paper Association, in 1999 the U.S. alone used 10 billion paper grocery bags, which consumed 14 million trees.

Reusable Bags Are a Better Option
But if you decline both paper and plastic bags, then how do you get your groceries home? The answer, according to many environmentalists, is high-quality reusable shopping bags made of materials that don’t harm the environment during production and don’t need to be discarded after each use. [You can find a good selection of high-quality reusable bags online at reusablebags.com. In addition, many organic grocery stores and consumer co-operatives carry reusable shopping bags.]

Experts estimate that 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed and discarded annually worldwide—more than a million per minute.

Here are a few facts about plastic bags to help demonstrate the value of reusable bags—to consumers and the environment:

• Plastic bags aren’t biodegradable. They actually go through a process called photodegradation—breaking down into smaller and smaller toxic particles that contaminating both soil and water, and end up entering the food chain when animals accidentally ingest them.
• According to the Environmental Protection Agency, more than 380 billion plastic bags are used in the United States every year. Of those, approximately 100 billion are plastic shopping bags, which cost retailers about $4 billion annually.
• According to various estimates, Taiwan consumes 20 billion plastic bags annually (900 per person), and Japan consumes 300 billion bags each year (300 per person), and Australia consumes 6.9 billion plastic bags annually (326 per person).
• Hundreds of thousands of whales, dolphins, sea turtles and other marine mammals die every year after eating discarded plastic bags they mistake for food.
• Discarded plastic bags have become so common in Africa they have spawned a cottage industry. People there collect the bags and use them to weave hats, bags and other goods. According to the BBC, one such group routinely collects 30,000 bags every month.
• Plastic bags as litter have even become commonplace in Antarctica and other remote areas. According to David Barnes, a marine scientist with the British Antarctic Survey, plastic bags have gone from being rare in the late 1980s and early 1990s to being almost everywhere in Antarctica.

Some governments have recognized the severity of the problem and are taking action to help combat it.

Strategic Taxes Can Cut Plastic Bag Use
In 2001, for example, Ireland was using 1.2 billion plastic bags annually, about 316 per person. In 2002, the Irish government imposed a plastic bag consumption tax (called a PlasTax), which has reduced consumption by 90 percent. The tax of $.15 per bag is paid by consumers when they check out at the store. Besides cutting back on litter, Ireland’s tax has saved approximately 18 million liters of oil. Several other governments around the world are now considering a similar tax on plastic bags.

Governments Use the Law to Limit Plastic Bags
More recently, Japan passed a law that empowers the government to issue warnings to merchants that overuse plastic bags and don’t do enough to “reduce, reuse or recycle.” In Japanese culture, it is common for stores to wrap each item in its own bag, which the Japanese consider a matter of both good hygiene and respect or politeness.

Companies Making Tough Choices
Meanwhile, some eco-friendly companies—such as Toronto’s Mountain Equipment Co-op—are voluntarily exploring ethical alternatives to plastic bags, turning to biodegradable bags made from corn. The corn-based bags cost several times more than plastic bags, but are produced using much less energy and will break down in landfills or composters in four to 12 weeks.

Taken from www.environment.about.com

Campaign Earth - step by step conservation

c a m p a i g n e a r t h ! n. a series of actions undertaken to achieve a sustainable future.

Lessen the junk mail and catalogs coming to your house!

Did you know that more than 17 billion catalogs were distributed in the United States in 2001 - that's more than sixty-four for every man, woman, and child. Not surprisingly, this requires a lot of paper, the fourth most energy-intensive of all manufacturing industries and one of the most polluting. The average American uses over 700 pounds of paper per year. The good news is we've got some simple steps for you to take to greatly reduce that number. If we successfully reduced the number of catalogs produced in this country by 30% we would: preserve 16.6 billion gallons of water each year = the amount of water used by 172,333 households.* conserve over 100 barrels of oil keep 3.5 million tons of CO2 out of the atmosphere = the amount of CO2 produced by 570,000 cars driven 200 miles/ week annually.* *Figures from The Alliance for Environmental Innovation (www.environmentaldefense.org/alliance/catalogs_tips.html) Listed below are three actions you can take to lessen the mail you receive. Take a look at the list and do what you can. Remember, every action counts. Stop Those Unwanted Catalogs! Now, with the internet, we can do most of our mail order shopping online. Stack your unwanted catalogs in a pile and spend ten minutes a week calling to request that your name be removed from their mailing list. Receive Less Junk Mail! Send a short letter to: DMA Mail Preference Service, P.O. Box 643, Carmel, NY 10512. You can read more about this at DMAConsumers.org. You need to include $1. List your name, in all its infinite variations, and request that all of these names be removed from their national database. This removal lasts five years, so keep this address handy. For more information contact the DMA at 212-768-7277. Keep Your Catalogs and Magazines out of the Landfill! Many municipalities don't accept catalogs as part of their recycling program so find a second home for them. Keep them out of the landfill by dropping them off at a local hospital, assisted living home, senior residence facility or school (they use them for art classes and other projects). It's the next best thing.

Duration: 30 days

Average CO2 Savings: 70 pounds a month Taken from www.campaignearth.org

Back to School - Keep it Green!

Back-to-School

Students, parents, and teachers can all make a difference in reducing waste at school. By practicing the "3 Rs" of waste reduction—reduce, reuse, and recycle—we can all do our part.

Before starting a new school year, sort through your old materials. Many of last year's supplies can be reused or recycled.

Recycle unwanted papers and reuse your old folders and binders. Paper that had only one side written on it can be reused; you can cut it up and re-staple it to make a notebook.

Many schools reuse text books to save money and reduce waste. Share your used books with friends, relatives, or younger schoolchildren.

Make a list before you shop for school supplies, it will help you remember what you wanted to purchase and limit impulse buying. When you have a plan it's easier to take action.

Buy smart! Purchase and use a wide assortment of supplies made from recycled products, such as pencils made from old blue jeans; binders made from old shipping boxes. Many types of recycled paper products contain a percentage of Post-Consumer Waste (PCW). You can also reuse items like refillable pens, rechargeable batteries, and scrap paper for notes.

Buy used goods from resale shops. This is an inexpensive way to get assorted merchandise, and retro fashions are always coming back into style.

Waste from packaging accounts for more than 30 percent of all the waste generated each year. Use school supplies wrapped with minimal packaging; use compact or concentrated products; or buy products that come in bulk sizes.

Save packaging, colored paper, egg cartons, and other items for arts and crafts projects. Look for other ways you can reduce the amount of packaging you throw away and recycle!

Cover your textbooks with cut-up grocery or shopping bags helps reduce waste and keeps your books in good condition. Be creative - use markers or colored pencils to give your covers unique and fun designs. Paper grocery bags and newspaper are also great for wrapping packages.

Use nontoxic products, inks and art supplies, such as vegetable-based inks, white tape instead of whiteout, and water-based paints, and batteries with less mercury.

Use and maintain durable products, or ones with a lifetime warranty. Sturdy backpacks and notebooks can be reused for many years, which helps reduce the amount of broken items tossed away each year.

Maintain newly purchased items. Students frequently lose small items like pens and pencils. Make a conscious effort to put school supplies in a safe place every day. This will not only reduce waste but it will save you a headache if you lose something important!

If you bring your lunch to school, package it in reusable containers instead of disposable ones, and carry them in a reusable plastic or cloth bag, or lunch box. Bring drinks in a thermos or water bottle instead of disposable bottles or cartons.

If you buy lunch, take and use only what you need: one napkin, one ketchup packet, one salt packet, one pepper packet, one set of flatware. Remember to recycle your cans and bottles, and separate your waste if your school has separation bins!

Take public transportation to school. But, if you do drive, carpool with a friend (or two). Both help prevent wasted fuel, reduce air pollution, and decrease traffic in your community.

Put long-lasting, high-quality tires on your car and bicycle. Be sure to keep your tires properly inflated.

Borrow or rent your decorations and supplies for school parties, dances, and proms. If you buy these supplies, try adopting a theme that can be used from year-to-year, so that you can reuse your decorations and supplies. Your school's theater or acting class is a great place to start finding props and decorations.

Pass it on! Share the "buy smart" message with your family, friends and schoolmates.
Waste less by reducing, reusing, and recycling. Volunteer for, or start, an environmental club or recycling project in your school.

Work with your teachers and friends to find ways to encourage everyone in your community to make waste reduction a part of their everyday lives. You can also look for unique ways to make your school more waste-free, such as starting a school composting project or ask for a day in art class where you can use things that would have normally been thrown away. .

Get ready for school next year by making locker decorations out of old CDs. Decorate them with paint, stickers, rhinestones, or photos; stick magnetic tape to the back; and spruce up your locker! Another great locker decoration: pictures from old magazines that would have been thrown away.

Don't be shy; tell the managers at your favorite stores that you and your friends are interested in seeing more green items on the shelves. Tell your teachers you want to have a time dedicated to learning more about what you and your fellow classmates can do for the environment.

from www.epa.gov

Traveling Tips - Keep it Green!

Travel and Vacations

There are many opportunities to reduce waste when traveling away from home on business or on vacation. From packing and planning your trip, to hitting the road, learn how you can make a difference. On the Road Enjoying the Outdoors

Before you leave home, adjust the air conditioning and water heater thermostats to conserve energy.

Rather than buying small, travel-sized toiletries, fill reusable containers with shampoo, soap, and other necessities.

Reuse plastic or paper shopping bags to pack items for your trip and recycle them afterwards. Plastic shopping bags are perfect for keeping dirty shoes and wet bathing suits separate from other items in your suitcase, while paper bags are great for packing snacks for the car.

Book flights with airlines that offer electronic tickets to reduce paper waste.

On the Road

If staying in a hotel, check the bedding and linen policy with housekeeping. Some hotels ask that the customer request the bedding or linen be laundered by putting a specific note card on the bed and leaving the towels on the floor. This practice conserves water resources. If your hotel does not follow this practice, use a comment card to ask them to adopt it.

When you leave your hotel room, switch off the air conditioning, lights, and TV to reduce energy use.

While on your trip, remember to take only the amount of products that you need from restaurants or lodgings. Take only napkins, condiment packets, free brochures, maps, or coupons that you will actually use.

Take along a plastic bag to collect your used beverage containers for recycling at rest stops.

When traveling by car or RV, make sure the vehicle is well maintained—this improves fuel economy which prevents pollution and saves you money!

When making reservations at campgrounds, ask about their recycling facilities.

If you change your own motor oil, recycle it at a "quick lube" shop, gas station, or auto store that accepts used motor oil for recycling.

Enjoying the Outdoors

Summer is a popular time for barbecues and other outdoor festivities. At your next party, set the picnic table with reusable dinnerware or ask people to bring their own reusable plates and containers. And remember to recycle all bottles and cans after the party!

Hot summer days require gallons of thirst quenchers. Be sure to recycle the used beverage containers. Instead of buying many small drink bottles, buy drinks or drink mixes in bulk and fill reusable bottles.

At the beach, use old buckets and other items in your house to build sand castles instead of buying new products at the store.

When visiting beaches and parks, be sure to take out everything you bring in, so that you leave places unlittered and undisturbed.

from www.epa.gov

Keep America Beautiful - Lady Bird Johnson

STAMFORD, Conn. - July 12, 2007 - Keep America Beautiful, Inc. was saddened yesterday by news of the passing of former first lady, Lady Bird Johnson.

While Keep America Beautiful, Inc. was originally founded in 1953, Lady Bird's tireless advocacy for the organization throughout the 1960s brought national attention to the organization's mission to bring natural beauty to America's public spaces. As first lady, she was instrumental in convening the White House Conference on Natural Beauty in 1965, and afterward championed the findings through her public support of the Keep America Beautiful organization.

"Lady Bird Johnson always believed that natural beauty was much more than cosmetics," said Keep America Beautiful President G. Raymond Empson. "She understood, and helped others to understand, that beautification efforts have a larger ripple effect throughout all of society."

Indeed, recent studies at the University of Illinois and the Wharton School of Business have proven that beautification efforts - planting trees and flowers in public spaces and removing signs of blight such as litter and graffiti - increase property values, decrease crime, improve public health, and even improve student performance. Lady Bird Johnson understood this important dynamic of "greening" a community well before her time.

In 1969, Keep America Beautiful unveiled the Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Award, the organization's highest honor bestowed annually to a female individual for outstanding contribution to the environment and community improvement. Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen McGinty won the award in 2006, and the 2007 winner will be announced at the KAB National Conference in Washington, D.C., this December.

For years, the Johnson family has been actively involved in Keep Texas Beautiful and the Keep Austin Beautiful affiliate of the national organization.

"Our organization owes much of our success to Lady Bird Johnson's enthusiasm and visionary approach to improving communities through the power of natural beauty," added Empson. "We extend our condolences to the entire family, knowing that they too are celebrating this blessed life of service to America and the world."

About Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
Keep America Beautiful, Inc., established in 1953, is the nation's largest volunteer-based community action and education organization. With a Network of nearly 1,000 affiliate and participating organizations, Keep America Beautiful forms public-private partnerships and programs that engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community environments. For additional information, visit http://www.kab.org/.

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Taken from www.kab.org

Recycle your computer hardware

Don’t throw your used and outdated computer hardware in the dumpster...RECYCLE!

Bring any hardware including your hard drive, monitor, keyboard, mouse, or printer to the Southside Recycling Center located at 1631-84^th Street (84^th and Avenue P). Hours of operation are from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Monday through Friday and from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p. m. on Saturdays (closed between noon and 1:00 p. m. each day). If you have a large quantity of computer hardware, please call 767-3545 to make special arrangements for drop off.

In August 2006, the City of Lubbock Solid Waste Department began participating in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Computer Recovery Program. The computer hardware collected for recycling is sent to one of two TDCJ facilities for refurbishing (Huntsville and Snyder).

TDCJ inmates inspect all items and make needed repairs to insure that the computer hardware is in working order. Inmates are given the opportunity to gain skills to become certified computer technicians and gain employment after their incarceration is completed. Special care is taken to assure hard drives are completely erased prior to refurbishing activities.

The TDCJ offers the refurbished computer hardware to state agencies, counties, cities or school districts at no charge. To view commodities available for purchase from the TDCJ, or for more information on the TDCJ Computer Recovery Program, visit their website at:

http://www.tci.tdcj.state.tx.us/services/cr/default.aspx

How To Shop Green

Considering "going green"? You're probably not the only one.

Enter almost any grocery store and you're bound to find so-called green cleaning products next to traditional ones. Take Tide Cold Water detergent. Procter & Gamble (nyse: PG - news - people ) claims it deep cleans clothes in cold water, cutting down on your energy use, not to mention your energy bill. Car buyers have plenty of environmentally friendly models from which to choose, and energy-efficient appliances get prominent placement on showroom floors.

Even retailers are getting in on the act. Sweden-based fashion emporium H&M introduced a green line in spring 2007, offering frocks and tops made with organic cotton. And Nike (nyse: NKE - news - people ) recently announced plans to make its footwear sustainable, vowing to adopt environmentally friendly production methods where possible.

In Pictures: How To Shop Green

But while an ever-growing range of "green" consumer products are finding their way into our homes, there is very little in the way of industry standard. One manufacturer's green product may have been produced in an entirely different manner than another's. As a result, experts say it's good to maintain a healthy dose of skepticism when choosing environmentally friendly products, and to rely on a select group of organizations monitoring the practices of certain industries.

Do Your Homework
Dig a bit and you'll likely come across the word "greenwashing." This, according to Julia Cosgrove, deputy editor of ReadyMade, a San Francisco-based magazine that focuses on do-it-yourself, sustainable projects, entails marketing a product as environmentally conscious without enough evidence that it really is.

"Much of what we're seeing now is just spin," she says. "When you look further, many of these companies are still making a big environmental footprint."

Translation: Even if a retailer offers clothes made with organic cotton, chances are they are being shipped via huge, gas-sucking airplanes.

Another example is vinyl. It is used in a great deal of vegan shoes, but the production of the material can create dioxin, a known carcinogen.

Clothing company Edun has experienced a case of greenwashing. Although some of its products are made of organic cotton, the company's main objective is to produce ethical (fairly traded, socially responsible)--not green--clothing. Although both concepts are positive, they certainly don't mean the same thing. Edun is an ethical clothing company, and although they take measures to protect the environment, they should not be categorized as green.

How to tell one from the other? Look to several watchdog organizations for a real education.

Digging Deeper
Netherlands-based Made-By tracks a garment's environmental footprint from the first thread on, and the International Forest Stewardship Alliance certifies wood-made products by ensuring that manufacturers collecting lumber are making the best use of forest resources, reducing damage and waste, and avoiding overconsumption and overharvesting. You can find a complete listing of their findings on www.fscus.org.

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) labeling system, Design For The Environment (DfE), ensures that the chemicals in DfE-certified products--like Earth Choice's new range of household cleaners--are environmentally preferable, which means such products are created with lower volatile organic compounds. High levels of these materials can damage soil and groundwater, and emit greenhouse gasses, contributing to global warming.

Kitchen appliances now possess one of the most widely recognized labels, EnergyStar, another EPA-run unit. These labels ensure an appliance meets energy-efficient guidelines set by the EPA and the Department of Energy. Criteria for each appliance differs and can be found on www.energystar.gov under the Products tab.

"It's a fairly well-known metric that will reduce your energy use and save you money," says Ron Jones, founder of Greenbuilder, a development, media and consulting firm dedicated to sustainable development and green building, of EnergyStar. Often, buying a new, energy-saving air conditioner will save you in the end since older models not only cost more to run but often don't work as well.

Whether you're buying one piece of green clothing or remodeling your entire home with energy-efficient appliances, Jones says it's important to note how your everyday activities affect the environment.

"If you start to look at a person in terms of their individual footprint, which includes their transportation habits, eating habits, clothing and housing, it starts to get very complex," he says. "Think through everything. Determine how it will affect your everyday living conditions, and your quality of life going forward."

*from Forbes.com via KCBD Lubbock News

Lubbock Recycling Centers

Perhaps you want to recycle and do your part for the environment, but you don't know where to take your stash. Let us help you by providing a list of locations and hours.

On the north side of Lubbock, east of I-27 is:
Lubbock City Recycling & Solid Waste
208 Municipal Dr.
806-747-2441

On the South side is:
Lubbock City Recycling & Solid Waste
1631 84th

The hours for both locations are:
M-F 8am-5:30pm
Sat 8am-2pm
Closed Sundays/Holidays

ACCEPTED ITEMS:
- clear/colored glass
- #1, #2 plastic
- aluminum
- tin food cans
- corrugated cardboard
- newspaper
- computer paper
- grass clippings, tree trimmings, yard waste
- old appliances
- used motor oil, antifreeze, filters
- large bulky items like couches, mattresses, etc.

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: (accepts only paper, plastic, glass and tin)

Lowes Grocery
26th and Boston

Market Street United
50th and Slide

Specialized Recycling Centers:
Community Metals Recycling
508 N. University
806-763-2267

Long Star Tire Disposal
602 Erskine
806-749-8473

CMC Recycling
212 E CR 5800
806-746-5025

REMINDERS:
Separate caps and bottles (they are different types of plastic)
Separate different types of paper (newspaper, computer paper, etc.)

Don't forget! You can take all of your plastic bags to any Walmart for quick and easy recycling!

*Thanks to CRAM magazine for the information

U.S. Paper Industry Working to Preserve Our Forests

The U.S. paper industry is working to clean up environmental excesses of the past and is planting new trees to replace the ones harvested for paper products.

According to Domtar Paper, thare are more U.S. trees today than 70 years ago. The paper industry's forest lands are no longer shrinking. Of the 873 million acres that supply commercial paper products (that's five times the area of Texas), only 2% are harvested each year. Great news when you consider that one tree produces 260 pounds of oxygen each year-enough to support two people.

Domestic printing papers are a smart green buy because they conform to stricter environmental standards in the U.S. and support sustainability of our forests.

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Recycled Paper Now Standard for Postcards and Business Cards

It's taken us some time to find a high quality recycled card stock, but we've got it now! Kromekote's C1S Recycled Plus paper contains 50% recycled fibers (10% post-consumer), and is absolutely beautiful. Plus, we now provide the option of printing a tasteful recycled paper logo on the back of every postcard or business card free of charge. It's a simple way to let your customers know you're doing your part to make responsible purchasing decisions.
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