FESPA UK Paving the way for printers to provide end of campaign recycling.
With an outstanding number of registrations for our initial waste management project, we have been working hard to try to solve some of the issues that arose after contacting the printers who registered.
We are now moving forward and launching the next stage which will enable printers to offer their clients a direct from store to recyclers scheme.
Our new scheme gives a solution to end of campaign banner recycling, it will provide either a tube or box system that will allow the end user to take down the banners, put them in the boxes or tubes and send them directly to the recyclers.
This gives FESPA UK members traceability of their substrates even after installation.
Along with this new stage of the waste management programme, FESPA UK have also recently launched their sustainability hub ‘Responsible Print Solutions’, which is an ever-evolving site that aims to help printers become more sustainable. The team at FESPA UK have researched all the services on the site and have spoken to member printers who have tried and tested the companies we have partnered with, so that we can say that the service providers on the site not only understand print but have experience working with printers.
Suzi Wilkinson, MD of FESPA UK said
“ Our aim with the Waste Management project and the Responsible Print Solutions site is to do some of the leg work for the printers who want to stop talking about becoming more sustainable and get on and do something about it. We all know talk is cheap and times are changing, soon enough a certificate alone wont cut it. We want to support our members with initiatives that will help them stay ahead of the game. For me we need to take small steps together, sharing information and supporting each other to achieve a bigger goal for the industry. We need lasting change, and this isn’t going to happen overnight, so if that means my team and I spending time researching companies, trying to find great providers to support the industry long term, then so be it”.
