​It’s up to all of us to do our part in preserving and restoring our Earth. Kirkwood is an environmentally-focused company, here are some of the efforts we make to fulfill our commitment to the planet:​

January 2020-March 2021

Kirkwood continually works to:

• Reduce waste and materials consumption.
• Reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Reduce water consumption and enhance water re-use.
• Reduce the total environmental impact of our printing, packaging & processes.
• Support recycling and composting (as possible) to the ability of our products.
• Work with customers to develop printing & packaging solutions that meet cost and performance expectations, while optimizing materials and energy use.
• Minimize the environmental impact to individuals and communities throughout the life cycle of our product.​
• ​Recycling bins for plastic and aluminum cans are installed throughout in all locations.
• Plastic straws have been replaced with paper straws to avoid endangering the ocean and marine species.
• Our water and energy conservation program includes:
• The use of updated energy-efficient equipment.
• An established system for lights off and thermostats raised in all facilities and office spaces.
• All paper waste, aluminum plates, ink waste, chemicals are recycled—to date over 31,764 kilowatt Hours, 40,000 gallons of Water and 9,765 cubic feet of landfill space saved.   
• All cardboard locally recycled for reuse.

ENVIRONMENTAL SAVINGS:

​1020 Gallons of Water 

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134,000 Cubic Feet (Landfill) 

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495 Kilowatt Hours 

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Kirkwood Environmental NEWS

We have changed the coffee in our customer lounge, to TAYST, the world's first 100% compostable single serve pods. 
The lid is made from bio materials and water-based compostable ink, the ring from compressed corn starch combined with bio resin, and the mesh filter is manufactured with a renewable bio resin.  After use, the pods become one with the Earth, creating nutrients rich soil as they decompose.  

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We have formed excellent relationships with material suppliers who are continually innovating to be able to provide materials that are recyclable and biodegradable.
Sustainable materials are becoming more widely available (and also more diverse) meaning the aesthetics of your printing doesn’t have to be compromised in order to be kinder to the planet. 

​CERTIFIED

Kirkwood is committed to protecting the environment. Sustainable digital and offset and wide-format = beautiful print. Making more from less. FSC® and SFI® certified. We can advise you on carbon foot-printing your publications, writing environmental attribution statements and reducing your print volumes.

PAPERS

We always recommend clients choose certified papers from well-managed forests. The criteria for these papers are to conserve biological diversity and ancient woodlands, protect indigenous groups and combat climate change. One day, we hope sustainable paper sources will be mandatory in the print industry. 


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UNLIKELY EFFICIENCIES

Transitioning to an electronic job processing system might seem like an unlikely sustainability initiative. But Kirkwood crunched the numbers and found that this small change could save significant volumes of paper and energy. We recently reached 500,000 processed with our Ktrack™ Network, a system that digitizes project information and  vendors’ billing files. To date, we have saved 5 million sheets of paper and enough energy to drive a car more than 45,000 miles, as well as increasing invoice processing speed and decreasing errors.

Enel X - DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM

Enel X helps hundreds of organizations throughout New England, save on energy costs, and mitigate carbon emissions with demand response. We are audited twice a year (summer/winter), on a given day we are asked to reduce our power load by a certain % for x number of hours.  
Common reduction examples include:
> Reduce non-essential lighting
> Modify manufacturing processes
> Adjusting HVAC equipment