Through the years, Poor Richard's Press has been a leader in managing our business in a way that impacts the environment in a friendly, positive, and thoughtful manner. Long before others were paying attention to environmental issues, we implemented the following Environmental Vision and Management Policy:
With rising environmental awareness, Poor Richard's Press wants to ensure we are doing our part by continuing to be good stewards of the environment. We earned our FSC certification in 2008 and agree to follow the principles, criteria and standards set forth by the FSC to save and preserve our forests for future generations to come.
For more information regarding FSC certification or a list of FSC certified papers, please
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Virtually 100% of our paper purchases are from paper companies that harvest trees from decades old tree farms specifically planted, harvested, and replanted to provide an ongoing, sustainable source of non-public paper pulp.
We recycle tons and tons of paper every month. Frankly, it is a lot of work and effort, with a buy-back revenue stream that covers only a small fraction of the cost of our efforts. That's OK, we believe it to be a very valuable effort.
We use recycled papers whenever possible, and encourage others to do the same.
We use low VOC inks and toners that are recyclable.
We use chemicals and solvents that are almost 100% water soluble, bio-degradable, and recyclable. They are often more expensive, but we consider these products to be a wise investment.
We have implemented programs to reduce our electrical consumption and to minimize the usage of all raw materials.
A very important way that we urge our customers to partner with us in our environment efforts is by using our digital/internet ordering, proofing, and reordering system. Use of our digital ordering system enables all of us to save substantial amounts of gasoline and other raw materials.
If you have suggestions about how we could further limit our environmental impact, please call us with your ideas.
