Pollution Prevention Techniques in the Printing Industry

"Sometimes the easiest way to solve a problem is to stop participating in the problem"

-Anonymous

Industry Pollution

Most pollution in the printing industry comes from ink

AND SOLVENTS , WHICH RELEASE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
(VOCS) INTOTHE AIR. COPPER USED TO PLATE ROLLERS AN D LEAD
PLATINC ALSO PRODUCE POLLUTION ("MONITORINC INFORMATION
BY INDUSTRY"). COPPER CAN BE TOXIC TO BOTH AQUATIC LIFE AND
to humans ("Copper Production"). Mondi Jackson croup,
Facility ID:63702MWPCKi4591, a paper packaging printer

RECOCNIZED THIS. THEY FOUND SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE POLLUTION
AND COMPLY WITH EPA GUI DELI N ES WHILE BENEFITING THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

Facility Pollution Reduction Data

Mondi Jackson Group Copper Management of Copper
Compounds (All data is from the EPA's P2 Data Base)

Copper Compounds Recycled | Copper Compounds Released

A

A

2018	2019	2020

Years

8227
2021

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Industry Pollution
Reduction

Common pollution reduction techniques

IN THE PRINTING INDUSTRY INCLUDE:

•	Low VOC IN KS

•	Capture systems

•	Catalytic Oxidizers ("Monitoring
Information by Industry")

•	Carbon absorbers (which

SEPARATE WATER FROM PRINTING
SOLVENT WASTE)

Facility Pollution Reduction

The Mondi ]ackson Group printing facility
(Facility iD:63702MWPCKi459i) reduced pollution

BY DISCONTINUING THE USE OF COPPER CYLIN DERS IN

printing (US EPA P2 Search Tool). As of 2021, this

FACILITY IS RECYCLING ALL OF THE COPPER USED. THIS
BENEFITS THE COMPANY BY MAKING IT EASIER TO
COMPLY WITH EPA WATER POLLUTION GUIDELINES. IT
BENEFITS THE ENVIRONMENT BY REDUCING WATER
POLLUTION IN THE SURROUNDINC AREA. IN ADDITION,
THE GLOBAL MONDI JACKSON CROUPS PLANS TO
IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE WATER POLLUTION

world wide ("Mondi Becomes Member of Alliance
.for Water Stewardship").

Community Impacts

Positive community impacts of reduced copper

POLLUTION INCLUDE:

•	Reduced levels of copper poisoning (which can

CAUSE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, LIVER DAMAGE, AND
DEATH)

•	Improved air quality

•	Improved water quality ("Copper Production").

•	"Monitoring Information By Industry - Printing and Publishing." EPA, Environmental Protection Agency,

•	https://vwvw.epa.gov/air-emissions-monitoring-knowledge-base/monitoring-information-industry-printing-and-publishing. Accessed Jan. 16, 2023.

•	"Copper Production & Environmental Impact." Greenspec, https://www.greenspec.co.Uk/building-design/copper-production-environmental-impact/.Accessed Jan. 16, 2023.

•	US Environmental Protection Agency. P2 Search tool [internet database] available via

https://enviro.epa.gov/enviro/P2_EF_Query.p2_report?Facilityld=63702MWPCK14591 &Chemicalld=N100&ReportingYear=2021&DocCtrlNum=1321219841867&Opt=OAccessed
Jan. 16, 2023.

•	"Mondi Becomes Member of Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) to Tackle ..." Mondi Group Partnerships and Global Engagements, Mar. 2021,
https://www.mondigroup.com/en/newsroom/press-release/2021/mondi-becomes-member-of-alliance-for-water-stewardship-aws-to-tackle-climate-change-impacts-on-water-security/.

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