Achievements in Sustainability

In 2008, Hammer created a cross-functional team to set strategy and oversee performance in the area of Sustainability.  Currently, we are proud to claim the following: 

RECYCLE

• 84% of all materials, supplies and waste from the operations of our business.  This includes substrates, supplies and packaging.
• Home and office computer equipment through a company-sponsored recycling program.

REUSE

• 100% of our shop towels used for cleaning the presses.
• 99% of our residual coatings.
• Residual inks generated from the printing process by reprocessing them for future print jobs.
• Coating totes, skids, end boards, core plugs and H-channels.

REDUCE

• 100% of volatile organic compounds by using ultra-violet (UV) and electron beam (EB) curable inks and coatings.
• 100% of solvent-based inks by using UV and EB inks.
• 100% of laminates and adhesives by using a mono-web printing process.
• 100% of film (pre-press) by using a digital process and going direct to plate.
• 84% of landfill waste by recycling materials, supplies and waste.
• 80% of volatile organic compounds with our coatings.
• 69% of waste sent to burn facilities.
• 50% of energy in the curing process by using UV and EB curable inks and coatings.
• 15% of paper weight with several key customers.
• Amount of substrate by using PETg-LV and white roll-fed film
• Amount of virgin paper by using up to 30% post-consumer waste on certain grades, and up to 10% post-consumer waste for wet strength paper.
• Production time, set-up and clean-up by providing Extended Gamut color option (Hexachrome®)
• Transportation costs by consolidating 3 locations into 1 (2008).
• Energy from moving to in-line sheeting.

RENEWABLE

• 45% of our sheetfed ink content come from naturally renewable raw materials.
• We use renewable-certified paper whenever possible, based on our customer's requirement.  

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