Over the past decade, it has become clear we all need to do more to reduce our impact on the environment. In the graphics and visual communications industry, this reality affects every phase of the production chain, from raw materials to manufacturing products, to printing and finishing. At Drytac we strive to find ways to be lessen the impact of our products and practices on the environment.
Eco friendly products to help up your green factor.
As your customers’ awareness about their eco footprint grows, so does your need to keep pace with the newest developments in green printing and finishing technologies. We’ve devised the EarthSmart™ brand and logo to help you identify eco-friendly Drytac® products. Whether you're browsing our products online or in our print catalog, you can look for the EarthSmart™ logo to help you make greener product choices. Some of our new eco-friendly products are listed below. Call us for more information about these products.
EarthSmart™ Premium Bond
FSC Certified Heavyweight Presentation Paper for Inkjet Printers
A heavy weight, matt coated bond paper for aqueous inkjet printers. 100% recyclable, it is ideal for poster prints and mounted graphics. Paired with a biodegradable laminate like our Interlam BioMatt or Interlam BioGloss and a green mount board like Re-board® or Xanita®, you can create a completely recyclable, biodegradable graphic.
HiTac™ and HiTac™ White
Solvent-free mounting adhesive with
reduced energy consumption during production.
An economical and all purpose high-tack, pressure-sensitive mounting adhesive suited for high volume mounting, particularly to smooth surfaces such as rigid PVC, foam centered boards, display board, Gatorfoam® and hardboard. Contains no VOC’s and sharply reduced energy cost during production when compared to other pressure sensitive adhesives. If you are only going to inventory one type of adhesive, this is the one.
InterLam BioMatte and Interlam BioGloss
Biodegradable, Recyclable Bio Laminating Films
Our new Interlam BioMatte and BioGloss laminating films have base films that are derived from wood pulp, a sustainable and biodegradable resource. Pairing these base films with an aqueous adhesive make for attractive finish laminating films which are biodegradable. These films also break down easily in the recycling process allowing for more eco-friendly disposal and recycling options of laminated graphics. Both Interlam BioMatte™ and Interlam BioGloss™ are 3mil (75 micron).
EarthSmart™ Eclipse
A recyclable, biodegradeable blockout
banner material for UV-flatbed printers.
EarthSmart™ Eclipse is low-density polyethylene (LDPE) blockout banner material for UV-flatbed printers. Its high tensile strength and blockout layer make it an ideal choice for durable display and banner stand graphics as well as hanging banners. Since it is made from low-density polyehylene, or what is commonly referred to as No. 4 plastic, EarthSmart™ Eclipse can be recycled in commercial plastics recycling programs to become raw material for products like trash bags and landscape fabric. It is also certified by ASTM standards to biodegrade in landfills.
Green business practices to help lessen our impact
Over the past decade, Drytac has adopted several practices to help reduce our impact on the environment, including increasing teleconferencing to reduce air travel and implementing recycling and paperless practices in its offices. We've also examined our existing products.
Reducing the use of solvents in our products
Since 2007 our main coating line has committed to using a lower percentage of solvents in all of the products we manufacture. This provides a number of benefits, including safer materials handling, less toxic emissions in production and a reduced use of solvents to clean our manufacturing equipment.
The remaining solvents that we do use in the production of our solvent acrylics are now oxidized rather than released into the atmosphere, further reducing our overall emissions.
Using eco-friendly packaging and recycling our waste
All our cardboard packaging is manufactured with 70% recycled board and is 100% recyclable. The plastic inserts (bungs) used in the large roll materials are made of recycled high density polyethylene (HDPE) or number 2 plastic. These inserts can be recycled and are marked with the recyclable logo on the insert.
All paper and cardboard waste at our manufacturing site in Bristol, UK and corporate offices is also recycled. We are also in the process of becoming certified to send our production scrap to a reprocessing facility where it can be made into a recycled fuel product.
A comittment to bringing the latest in eco-friendly products to market.
Drytac is always striving to find ways to lessen our environmental impact and bring the latest graphics finishing products to customers. As print and graphic display consumers become more conscious of their effect on the environment, Drytac will be there to offer its customers green product choices.
