Environment

Peterborough-based Printondemand-worldwide.com (POD) has launched its Eco-book as part of an initiative to become a "carbon-positive company".

Suffolk printer and publisher, Southwold Press, has been awarded a government grant towards the purchase of a Presstek Vector TX25 platesetter, due to its environmentally friendly credentials.

Agfa Graphics has gained recognition for its waste-cutting projects by scooping a Business Commitment to the Environment (BCE) Leadership award.

WWF and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency were two of the key companies that attended Curtis Fine Papers' recent environmental forum.

Media Paper Management (MPM) has launched the 3R range - the specialist paper supplier's first collection of environmental papers aimed at the publishing sector.

Arjowiggins has launched Satimat Green and announced that its Maine gloss Chromomat & Satimat (MCS) products have become FSC certified.

The James McNaughton Group's internal office waste paper recycling scheme has saved 55 tonnes of office waste paper from entering UK landfill sites.

Waste and resources action programme (WRAP) has launched a new section on its Recycle Now website.

Polestar has announced plans to further reduce its carbon footprint at a conference attended by more than 200 delegates at the Stationer's Hall, London.

Spanish corrugated packaging firm SAICA plans to build a 250m state-of-the-art recycled paper mill in Manchester.