Influence on environment?

What are newspaper inks made of?
The chrominance or colourfulness of newspaper inks is obtained through the use of water-insoluble pigments. Black is produced using inorganic carbon blacks, while the chromatic colours are made from organic pigments. These pigments are dispersed in the vehicle, a solution that consists of resins borne in mineral or vegetable oils. Small quantities of additives are also used to improve certain printing characteristics.

Are newspaper inks manufactured in an ‘environment-friendly’ way?
Every industrial activity brings about changes to the environment. What matters, then, is that we keep the effects the newspaper ink production process has on the environment to an absolute minimum. Ink production plants have to be licensed in accordance with the Federal German Pollution Control Act and satisfy all aspects of the specified standards. This relates not only to emissions and wastes, but also to pieces of auxiliary equipment such as those used to operate the refrigerating compressors, the heating circuits or the container cleaning unit. Our efforts on the one hand to have almost all the raw materials we require delivered to us in returnable drums and containers and on the other hand to deliver our printing inks to our customers in returnable containers or tankers don’t merely have the benefit of preserving the environment, they also help reduce costs.

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