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The wider picture

This section of the site is intended to bring you a bit more background information: what's happening generally in print and environment across the globe, or environmental information that's not necessarily directly related to the day to day activities of the printing industry but which is likely to be of interest.

Any suggestions of related topics that it would be useful to cover are very welcome - you can use the Contact Us page to send them in.

 
Green Drupa

As anyone who has visited Drupa will know, it is not possible for a single human being to see everything interesting that's there even if they stay for the duration of the show. Staying only a few days means making the very difficult choice between rushing around trying to see as much as you can, or focusing on things that really take your interest and risking missing out on many others that you would also like to see and know more about. A hard choice indeed.

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Print and the Environment Conference Print

The themes from the speakers at the Printing and the Environment conference were reassuringly consistent.

Common themes were energy saving, which was certainly reflected within the main exhibition with measures taken by leading manufacturers, the need for collaborative working, and the mantra of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’.

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