The printing process and the way in which individual printed projects are designed both have an impact on the environment.
However, there are many ways in which this impact can be reduced. The printing industry itself has come a long way over the past couple of decades in changing the way it works to reduce its effect on the environment, mainly through the use of new technologies that have become available.
These technologies have reduced the environmental impact of printing considerably. It is important to understand them so that designers and printers can work together to continuously improve the environmental performance of the printing sector.
At Mission Stream, we endeavour to reduce our impact on the environment through digital printing. You can print shorter runs to reduce paper and other waste at the make-ready stage and to ensure you print only what you need, when you need it. Land fill sites are full of discarded printed pieces because the unit price was 20% cheaper if you printed 5,000 more units than you actually needed.
We use suppliers who have strict environmental policies in place to reduce the carbon footprint we leave behind. To that end, Mission Stream has partnered with Konica Minolta to return and recycle all our toner bottles through their “Clean Planet Program.”
Here’s an example of the labels used to ship our toner bottles to be recycled.
When we all do our part, we can all make a difference.






