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A widely proliferated but much ignored area of environmental concern i.e. "printing and paperworks" require research and attention as deep and wide as ban on single use plastic.
From toxicity of chemicals (e.g. inorganic pigments, VOC
etc. ) used in ink and printing colors, to heavy metal content of ink (e.g.
Barium etc) ending up in Landfill, water and food stream, to intensity of
resource and energy usages in production of range and grade of ink and paper
are some of the key areas of concern.
Scientific research and modeling for panoply of color and
grading them in order of environmental production footprint and environmental
externalities is required to be done and to be widely publicized. For instance
environmental footprint and impact of production and life cycle of white,
yellow, red and black color cannot be same, likewise for pale white, true white
and color paper, hence it should be established and much publicised that which
color, shade, hue is most and least damaging to environment so that end user
can make their choices responsibly. Brand is not compared here but the product
in raw form itself is being diagnosed.
Incremental pricing based on type and quantum of color or
dominant color in print and composition used per square unit and Incremental
pricing of ink cartridge color based on environmental load.
What may also help is the incremental pricing on shades of
white, assuming true white is most environmentally intensive and that A4 true
white is most used printing paper type in day to day and official setting.
Legislation to minimise print copy version of documents in
corporate, legal and government setting is also a much needed step.
Why this strange fascination with true white, why this
affinity with printing itself unless it's genuinely unavoidable. Just because
market is flushed with printers and ink cartridges that doesn't mean you must
print. Ctrl+P can be more damaging than you think.
Author: Anoop Jha
#printing #paper #environment #footprint #color #red #yellow
#blue #white #black #green #recycle #A4 #chemical #production