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Greenprint Links

Print that doesn’t cost the Earth…   

  

The following links will give you more information about environmental issues:

   

  • Carbon Trust - find out how businesses & individuals can reduce their carbon footprint

  • Eco-Management & Audit Scheme (EMAS) - for companies which go beyond minimum legislative compliance & continuously improve their environmental performance

  • Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) - the Mark which guarantees that wood used in all kinds of products (including paper) come from an environmentally sustainable resource

  • FutureLearn - Climate Change: Solutions - Developed by the University of Exeter, this online course explores solutions to the global challenge of climate change, including mitigation, adaptation and geo-engineering, which can help avoid the most dangerous impacts and increase the resilience of societies and ecosystems to climate changes that cannot be avoided

  • GridServe - offer low-cost, rapid and high-power charging infrastructure that reaches every corner of the UK, covering 85% of the UK’s motorway network with next generation chargers supported by renewable energy from solar farms

  • Go.compare Energy Cost Calculator - check out how much it costs to run your home by picking the appliances you want to compare and select how long they’ll be in use for

  • PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) - Similar to FSC but specific to the paper industry

  • Two Sides - paper industry group which promotes the use of paper as a sustainable resource and provides information to dispel the myths around the environmental impact of paper use

  • Two Sides Myths and Facts Booklet is a great little resource to explain, along with other common misconceptions, how paper is one of the most environmentally responsible mediums and how the perception that trees are saved by going paperless is completely wrong

  • Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) - government-backed agency responsible for the "Recycle Now" campaign, with interesting facts and figures on recycling and the environment  

 

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