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Huge format digital printer, Macro Art has broadened its ISO 14001 credentials by teaming up with ALD Industry for the disposal of its reinforced PVC banner and mesh materials.
Last year Macro Art used 1,100,000m2 of materials weighing close to 500,000 tons. Without action, all this material, whether production waste or creative images would ultimately end up in land fill.
MD of Macro Art, John Walker, said: "All our production waste is now bagged or baled, pelletized and recycled in a process that is guaranteed to be completed within the UK. Even the new end products are themselves recyclable."
After its creative images are taken down, Macro Art offers to collect the printed products, remove metal eyelets and put the used prints through the same process. Customers contribute towards these costs, which rarely exceed 30p per square metre.
John Walker added: "To dispose in landfill costs almost as much, without the benefits of a greener image for the printing industry."
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