Plant your Print

Twitter has been abuzz the past few days with multiple tweets and re-tweets (and re-re-tweets?) of the newest trend in sustainable publishing: a book you can plant. Yes, you read right, plantable print. Novelist James Kaelan’s first book, We’re Getting On, is making the rounds (and quite a stir) in the eco-community. What is so [...]

What is your company’s carbon footprint?

The environment is a huge topic of conversation lately. With the disaster going on in the Gulf, there is suddenly a huge spotlight on corporate responsibility. With these issues comes the topic of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), which are believed to be a huge cause of climate change. There are many ways companies are trying [...]

Quantifying Environmental Impact

In today’s economy, very few manufacturers factor the environmental cost of a product or service into the retail price. If you were to factor in the environmental impact of a product’s entire lifecycle (from early design to withdraw from marketing), without forgetting cost associated with carbon neutral recycling, computers would not be $499, flat screen [...]

Where does your vinyl go?

Binders are used every day by businesses of all sizes. They typically are used until they begin to fall apart at which point they are no longer useful. When the vinyl cracks or rips or the rings lose strength, it’s time to replace your binder – so what do you do with the old one? [...]

Go Vinyl Free in 2010

Binders are used every day by businesses of all sizes. Traditional binders are made of cardboard covered in vinyl (which, may I remind you, is known to be one of the worst plastics for the environment) with a plastic overlay and metal rings permanently attached. Overall they are very inefficient, harmful to the environment and almost [...]

Have a Green Mother’s Day

As we all know, Mother’s Day is fast approaching this Sunday, May 9th 2010. While many of you may still be scrambling for gift ideas, there’s a ton of ways to show your appreciation in a unique way while remaining eco-friendly. Here are a few of our tips below: 1. Show off your green thumb. [...]

Print Green for Earth Day 2010

Happy Earth Day to all! We are wrapping up our last day at the ON DEMAND 2010 Expo in Philadelphia (Stop by Booth 312 if you’re there!) It has been a very successful show and while we are very busy, we’d still like to take some time to post some tips for developing eco-friendly presentation/convention [...]

We have the power. Wind Power!

At Green Books N Binders, our dedication to environmental sustainability extends beyond our product lines. So it’s only natural that we use wind power for our energy needs. More specifically, we work with PECO WINDsm , whose energy is supplied by Community Energy, Inc. located locally in Pennsylvania. Globally speaking, while wind power generation has [...]

Paper vs. Electronic

It seems that every other email now includes a “Please consider the environment before printing” footnote. This is good and promotes responsible and sustainable business behavior. So if you need the information for business purposes, to either edit or add content, seek approval or give instruction, how does one proceed? This matter reaches an even greater [...]

Get Down to Earth with International Paper

Thanks to International Paper’s new website, now anyone can access their acclaimed Down to EarthTM brochures. This informative series outlines various topics concerning green printing, and debunks many of the myths that have plagued the print industry for far too long. For example, did you know using more paper actually promotes reforestation? And that by reducing [...]