We are back with a new tip on our weekly series of green printing tips, where we bring you information on green printing in collaboration with Greg Barber, an experienced eco-friendly printer.Today Greg is talking about a piece of paper that is important to manufacturers of eco-fashion who want to make sure their garments are completely green, even when it comes to the hang tag.
How to produce the greenest hang tags?
Tip #31
This question comes up a lot and I like to suggest several options.Diesel Jeans once asked me if I could get hang tags made out of
Rock & minerals for their new Organic Jeans lines. This paper, as you recall, is made from Limestone and Calcium Carbonate,
is water proof and tear resistant.
It prints like a dull coated cover and the tactile feel of the paper is really cool. But, I needed 12 weeks to produce the hang tag order. They were using a coated sheet with film lamination and I said I had an alternative.
My recommendation was to switch to Double Thick 100% Post-Consumer Waste recycled cover. That meant two 100# covers, glued together to create a 200# hangtag. The thickness became 26 point, and there was no need for film lamination, as at that thickness, the hangtags would not rip.
The environmental advantage was enormous. They switched from a non recycled stock, with film lamination, to a 100% recycled grade, that is 100% chlorine free and is Green E certified. We punched the hole, and strung their hangtags with Hemp string.
And the price? Our 100% PCW cover is under 90 cents per pound, which is half the price of most 100% post-consumer grades of paper. We kept the price low and made Diesel look terrific to their environmental client base on their organic jeans.
This is definitely a win win. So, switch your hangtags to 100% recycled, and save our environment.
For additional information on green printing, please call Greg Barber at (973) 224-1132, or email greg@gregbarberco.com.
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Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris
