I had a visit from Gill Thomas of Howard Smith paper who explained their carbon balanced paper range so I thought it only fair to share with you.
Why Carbon Balanced?
Howard Smith have partnered with the World Land Trust, an international conservation charity, to offset the carbon used in the production of the paper range detailed below, a logo can be included.
The Paper Range
- Regency
- Greencoat
- think4
A good paper range that will suit your requirements, your pocket and meet environmental specs. Get in contact if you want to know more or see some samples.
Regency
If you need a silk/gloss paper is called the “printer’s choice”, as it has good environmental credentials being Forestry Stewardship Council or FSC accredited; 10% recycled; Carbon Balanced; manufactured to ISO 14001 standards.
This paper can be used for both litho and digital print runs, it is smooth, white, clean and is an excellent paper to choose for your print run, with photographs having that extra definition.
Greencoat
A wide selection of paper, which are all FSC certified, carbon balanced; manufactured to ISO 14001 standard. It can be supplied at specific sizes to save on paper wastage. Then best of all the print quality is superb, even on the offset paper.
Greencoat 80
This uses 80% recycled content (from recovered fibre), elemental chlorine free (ECF) and is available in Gloss and Silk.
Greencoat 55
This uses 55% recycled content, ECF and is also in Silk and Gloss for good quality image reproduction.
Greencoat 100 Offset
This is a 100% recycled offset paper with ISO 9706 approval for permanence. An excellent paper stock for stationery but photographs also look impressive for an offset paper.
think4
A range of uncoated paper that is carbon balanced, ISO 9706 approval for permanence, ECF and FSC certified with the philosophy to have maximum visual impact with minimal environmental impact. Print quality is fantastic and it feels good as well.
think4 sharp
Fantastic print quality with ; manufactured to ISO 14001 and guaranteed for laser printing.
think4 bright
This has 50% recycled content that has a good white quality, also manufactured to ISO 14001.
think4 white
This is also made from 50% recycled fibre, certified to ISO 12647-2 for colour management and is described as a natural shade of white.
Carbon Calculator
Want to know how much carbon you can save? Howard Smith have put together this fantastic carbon calculator to help you.
FSC accreditation
Means it is uses material sourced from responsibly managed forests. Paper printed on FSC certified stock can display a logo that is specific to that paper, providing you use an FSC accredited printer.
