TIPS & INFORMATION ON PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS & HOW THEY EFFECT OUR ENVIRONMENT.
With so many types of products, manufacturing processes and methods used to embellish items, we thought it is important to highlight some of the common questions and problems we all face when creating promotional products.
This page is meant to shed light on some subjects but by no means is all encompassing. If you find other interesting information please be sure to share it with us so that we can post it here. Thanks! |
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Why we should always choose 100% cottons over poly blends & even fabrics made of recycled plastics....
While trends, technical features and great colorways have led most of the apparel industry towards using poly blends and tri-blend fabrics, we have to understand where these plastics will eventually end up during each wash cycle and at the end of their life.
To read more check out these articles on the subject: MICROPLASTICS IN DRINKING WATER... FISH AND MICROFIBERS... PLASTIC FIBERS FOUND IN TAP WATER... |
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Is water-based ink really more eco-friendly than traditional pvc based inks or is it just a misnomer?
While most brands promote water-based as soft hand inks that are "eco-friendly", studies show they are much more harmful to our environment than widely promoted. These inks often contain solvents such as formaldehyde, binders, fillers, additives and pigments and can emit harmful vapors to printers over standard pvc based inks which are a solid state material.
Other studies show that the "water-based" term leads to the mishandling of these inks and often they enter our waterways during cleanup, while they in-fact need to be treated as a chemical and disposed of by way of filtering or as solid waste. One other issue that water-based inks have is a much larger waste factor over traditional solid pvc inks which essentially have a 100% use to waste ratio since they do not air-dry or evaporate.
To read more on this subject check out this in depth article:
IS WATER-BASED MORE ECO-FRIENDLY...
Other studies show that the "water-based" term leads to the mishandling of these inks and often they enter our waterways during cleanup, while they in-fact need to be treated as a chemical and disposed of by way of filtering or as solid waste. One other issue that water-based inks have is a much larger waste factor over traditional solid pvc inks which essentially have a 100% use to waste ratio since they do not air-dry or evaporate.
To read more on this subject check out this in depth article:
IS WATER-BASED MORE ECO-FRIENDLY...