In general, industry professionals are urged to advise and reinforce the importance of recycling with clients, and provide steps for products that include staples, wire, plastic comb binding or glue. “The Environmental Paper Network recently published a document, ‘The State of the Paper Industry: Monitoring the Indicators of Environmental Performance,’ which stated more than 16 million annual tons of high-grade paper suitable for making recycled printing and writing paper could still be recovered from offices, printers and other sources,” Rizzi reported. “The role of graphic designers is not just to make sustainable design and paper choices, but to educate end-users about the importance of recycling their end-product and keep[ing] it out of a landfill.”
- People:
- Debra Rizzi
- Places:
- Manasquan
- New Jersey