I recently had the pleasure of talking with Ely Fall of BizCard.com and their ‘green’ efforts within the printing industry. Bizcard.com offers full design and print services, from business cards to websites.

Since its inception, the Bizcard team has been working on developing environmentally friendly printing solutions. This effort includes using primarily post-consumer paper, eliminating damaging photo chemicals from the printing process and purchasing materials from GreenSeal certified companies.

Here are some ways Bizcard is keeping green:

A green production:

* Since we own all of our presses and do all of our printing on site, we maintain consistency and quality by keeping all of our operations under our control. This also allows us to closely monitor and regulate our environmental impact.
* Bizcard uses digital presses for all of its printing, which eliminate the photochemical-dependent process of making plates, thus reducing the chemical usage in the process.
* As part of its mission statement, Bizcard seeks out partnerships with nonprofit organizations that are committed to social responsibility.
* To create its products Bizcard uses recycled paper or purchase its resources from responsibly managed forests lands.
* Bizcard encourages its customers to purchase products that use 30 to 40% less paper than the industry standard.

A green workplace:

We use a special film on all the windows to reduce the heat within the buidling. This allows us to save on our energy consumption. All the lights in our building were changed from Standard with normal transformers to Fluorescent Electronic bulbs. Our bathroom sinks are automated reducing the amount of water being used unecessarely.
Bizcard encourages team members to carpool and to bring their own food to reduce the carbon footprint produced when driving to restaurants at lunch time.

A green message to consumers:

Bizcard has made a strong commitment to eco-friendliness and corporate social responsibility. We understand that historically, the printing industry has been
no friend to the natural earth. Although we go to great lengths to minimize this impact, we realize that we must use our share of resources just like everyone else.
However, as we grow, our positive impact grows as well. By building partnerships with reliable non-profit organizations, we are striving for nothing less than a complete reversal of our environmental impact.Through our online, grass roots effort, we hope to gain the attention of more like minded consumers, companies and organizations.

Bizcard is also offering all of The Lawn Blog readers a 25% off discount code for its products. I encourage you to visit Bizcard.com and have a look at their fantastic website. To claim your 25% discount please enter code ‘bizemg8‘ (without quotes) during the ordering process.

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