Europe Can Learn From Modern Printing

Gary Marshall, the Polestar Group's risk manager, will represent the European paper and printing industry at this week's Environmental Day in Brussels (Belgium).

Gary Marshall, the Polestar Group's risk manager, will represent the European paper and printing industry at this week's Environmental Day in Brussels (Belgium).

Organised by International Confederation Intergraf, the one-day event, entitled 'From Paper to Publishing: Working Together for Sustainability', will cover the key areas of forestry and responsible sourcing, sustainable production and recycling.

Gary Marshall said: "There is a great deal Europe can learn from modern printing, through the development of clean, contained sites housing state of the art technology and with minimal production of pollution However, management across the industry is struggling to drive these environmental policies through in the face of more detailed and complicated legislation coming in to force." He continued: "There needs to be a balance between relevant regulation and good, efficient use of resources, processes and recycling, through partnerships between customers and suppliers who have similar aims and achievable goals in common.

Polestar is committed to the tracking of all wood paper products back to forest source and to the principle of not using wood paper products from illegal sources or sources from non-certified high conservation forests.

We endeavour to obtain increasing volumes of credibly, independently certified wood and paper products and work to support the aims of WWF-UK Forest and Trade Network." Other speakers include representatives from the EU Commission, Euractiv, UPM and, providing a magazine publisher's perspective, Sally Cartwright of Hello! Magazine.

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