Environmental policy
Letterworks recognise that the future of the environment is in our hands – we therefore actively promote green methods of production by
- Using ecotricity – the wind turbine at Junction 11 of the M4 at Reading is a highly visible icon of this source of sustainable power
- Operating a paper procurement policy, outlining our preferred use of FSC certified and recycled paper. Not buying paper from unknown sources
- Our platemaking operation is a chemical free process
- Using vegetable based inks
- All offcut paper and packaging is recycled
- Unwanted office paperwork is shredded and used as packaging
- Cleaning rags are washed and re-used
- All waste products are collected by an environmentally compliant service, operating to ISO9002 and ISO14001 standards
- Printing to requirement, thereby minimising material and energy wastage
- All equipment switched off when not in use
- Electrical equipment is disposed of safely at the end of its life
