Printing and publishing

Printing magazines This guidance is for businesses that:

print text or images on various substrates, eg digital printing, offset lithography, flexography, gravure printing, letterpress, and screen printing
carry out imaging operations, eg film exposure and development, typesetting, paste up, and proofing
publish materials and electronic resources, eg producing, editing and copyrighting intellectual property, creating proofs, and producing marketing materials
finish published materials, eg book binding, cutting and trimming, folding, pasting, adhesive binding, laminating, mounting, and punching.

Environmental guidance for printing and publishing

Read our environmental guidance for:

Printing and publishing businesses can have a number of impacts on the environment. Example include:

air emissions from solvent-based inks, solvents from degreasing operations and ozone from UV lamps or corona discharges
land contamination from spills of solvents or other chemicals
noise pollution from operating equipment
waste disposal of used process liquids, chemical sludges and materials for recycling
water discharges from screen production or washing-out plates.

Our guidance could help you to:

avoid prosecution and receive fewer visits from environmental regulators
increase efficiency and productivity
reduce your operating costs
be more likely to obtain business from government bodies and large businesses that require their business partners to manage their environmental impacts effectively
improve your reputation amongst staff, customers and the public
increase the chance of securing funding to expand your business by demonstrating that your environmental impacts are well managed.