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"Rochester printing company Monroe Litho is being recognized by the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute for leadership in sustainability with the printing industry."

The company, located in downtown Rochester, earned the Pollution Prevention Achievement Award for its environmental initiatives with High Tech Rochester, the local Regional Technology Development Center. The collaboration helped reduce process waste by 100 percent and water usage by 5.9 percent, decrease emissions by 29 percent, and reduce fuel used in the transportation of paper by 31 percent.

The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, housed at Rochester Institute of Technology, presented the award to Monroe Litho during a ceremony at the company’s headquarters on June 30.
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13WHAM's coverage of the event.

Environmental “Thought Leader” Awarded to Monroe Litho
as part of theWhatTheyThink Third Annual Environmental Innovation Awards

"Part of our annual Earth Day celebration is our recognition of five printing companies that are expending a great deal of time, effort, and resources to make real and concrete contributions to improving their environmental sustainability. They’ve done the hard work, and we feel they should be recognized, not only to reward their efforts, but also to hold these companies up as role models for others in the industry to follow. That is, these companies have been selected as winners of this year’s WhatTheyThink Environmental Innovation Awards, presented in partnership with Unisource Worldwide, Inc. and Unisource’s respect™ Printers’ Program, and cosponsored by Heidelberg USA, Neenah Paper and NewPage Corporation."

This year’s Thought Leader is Monroe Litho. The company’s Rochester, NY, plant is 100% wind-powered, they are an EPA Green Power Partner, an “Environmental Leader” designated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and they are a Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) Partnership-certified company.

Monroe Litho monitors, manages, and explores 56 different initiatives relating to recycling, reuse, remanufacture, and re-thinking their environmental impact in all of their operations, which has worked to, in 2010, reduce VOC emissions by 31% from 2009; recycle or recover 1,250,000 pounds of paper, 2,155 pounds of cardboard, and 9,435 pounds of plastic strapping/wrapping materials; recycle 11,973 pounds of aluminum printing plates; recycle 2,825 pounds of used IT equipment; reduce water usage by 11.5%; and reduce diesel fuel for trucking by 30.7%.

for additional information:
http://whattheythink.com

Monroe Litho Achieves G7 Master Printer Status

”The IDEAlliance G7 Masters program identifies Qualified G7 Master printers as those printing companies, prepress service providers and agencies that have been trained to use the G7 Proof-to-Print Process and can produce proofs or can print to G7. The G7 Master Printer qualification mark means that the company uses the most modern technology, techniques, proofing and press controls, and standards required to produce a close visual match from proof to print.”
IDEAlliance

Our New Kodak NexPress SX3300 Digital Press.
(ask us about HD Dry inks, Dimesional Printing, and our Glossing Unit)

It was announced last week by SGP Vice President Marci Kinter of Fairfax, VA that Stephen R. Whittaker of Monroe Litho in Rochester, NY has been approved as a new member of the Board of Directors of SGP. He is one of eighteen board members that will serve from 2011-2013.

As the Vice President of Quality Management/Sustainability Initiatives at Monroe Litho, Stephen prepared and organized all of the documents that enabled Monroe to become the first commercial printer in the US [outside of the beta group] to have become SGP Certified.

The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership is an organization that promotes responsible sustainability initiatives through its thorough audited certification process. There are currently 36 organizations in North America that are SGP Certified.

Monroe Litho is a Proud Sponsor of Greentopia Festival, September 17th and 18th, High Falls, Rochester, NY followed by the link: http://greentopiafestival.com/

The Greentopia Festival is Rochester’s and the Finger Lakes’ celebration of the green movement sweeping around the globe. The two-day, interactive fest in historic High Falls will reveal what the region is doing to help the environment – and envision a greener Rochester of the future.

Think of Greentopia as a walk-through of a totally sustainable Rochester. We’ve already begun this walk by exploring healthier ways of living, as individuals and as a community. In social, economic and environmental ways, we’ve made the decision to go green.

Businesses and organizations will showcase products and programs that help restore the planet, promote green living – even save consumers some money. Greentopia is a festival of ideas that empowers everybody to create positive change on the planet we call home.

Join us at Rochester’s sustainability celebration to explore green living, Rochester style. It’s a two-day “World’s Fair” of inspiration through art, music, ideas and activism. You’ll hear visionary speakers and meet well-known authors. Through how-to workshops and cutting-edge films, you’ll learn about big green ideas and how to apply them creatively in everyday life. There will be unusual family activities, community recycled art installations, mouthwatering organic and local food and beverages, and all kinds of live music.

At Greentopia, expect to have a lot of fun, learn a few things and become inspired to make changes that really make a difference in the environment. (You might be surprised how going green helps your wallet, too.)

WXXI's Need to Know Rochester looks at why it's good business to go green.

WXXI News Director Julie Philipp and Innovation Trail reporter Zack Seward interview Steve Whittaker of local commercial printing company Monroe Litho. The company is so dedicated to recycling that they actually padlocked their dumpster to force employees to recycle.

Link to YouTube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfAYsvHOAHE

Link to WXXI's "Need to Know"
http://interactive.wxxi.org/ntkrochester

Link to Innovation Trail
http://innovationtrail.org/